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Many thanks, Experts.<br />
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Capt
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I am a home-based developer who shelled out for VS 2003. &nbsp;Of course, you get a great box of MS Servers to try out.<br />
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I installed Windows Server 2003 on a box I intend to use as a file/print server. &nbsp;Now I see that there is a licence to obtain. &nbsp;Does this mean MicroSoft is going to want several hundreds or thousands of dollars?<br />
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Or should I just go back to Windows 2000 Advanced Server which doesn't demand a licence?<br />
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Capt
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I am a home-based developer who shelled out for VS 2003.  Of course, you get a great box of MS Servers to try out.

I installed Windows Server 2003 on a box I intend to use as a file/print server.  Now I see that there is a licence to obtain.  Does this mean MicroSoft is going to want several hundreds or thousands of dollars?

Or should I just go back to Windows 2000 Advanced Server which doesn't demand a licence?

Capt

Win Server 2003 Licence at home

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).