Windows server 2003 standard - where to obtain?

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G'day,
Anyone have any ideas or know where I'd be able to obtain a bootable windows server 2003 iso/image I'm able to burn to cd?

I have a serial just no cd.

Cheers!
 
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azaran
If you don't have an MSDN account finding a legal place to download it would probably be pretty hard, if not impossible. You're best bet is to contact Microsoft directly. Since you already have a valid license, you just need the media, so they may be able to provide you either a download or a physical disk for a fee.
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If you don't have an MSDN account finding a legal place to download it would probably be pretty hard, if not impossible. You're best bet is to contact Microsoft directly. Since you already have a valid license, you just need the media, so they may be able to provide you either a download or a physical disk for a fee.
 
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Yes, this is most likely the only legal method you can acquire this particular version of Windows. Any non legitimate way would result in us not being able to help you.
 
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Besides a museum the best thing you could do to find a legit copy is to find a proper CD on ebay, downloading from a torrrent or other file share website would be a little risky.

While you can certianly try, not much to loose; but I couldnt' imagine Microsoft doing anything but laughing when asking for a 14 year old windows server 2003 iso.
 
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Someone on another forum mentioned something about OpenManage from Dell which allowed you too install the OS? Anyone know anything about it? Wasn't able to find the bootable file for it since the link seems no longer available and links to a generic page.

This was his comment.
"As you ahve mentioned that you have got dell 2950 server so you should use the dell bootable cd called openmanage. This cd is used to boot the dell servers and to do the operating system installation.
Download it from here
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=hied&fileid=142800
Thanks"
 
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Well offhand after looking at the negative comments, its because the seller is shady has hell and sells stolen keys. Contact Microsoft, find out if they can help you. If they refuse, then move on to another step.
 
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I donno, this guy selling the same product nearly the same price with 99.9% ebay rating? Is the software missing something? Features? How would you tell Prior to purchasing? Some of the more expensive items on eBay mention 2, 5 or 25 CALs (which means absolutely nothing to me) but this one doesn't mention anything about CALs ect... I might have to flick them a message and hope for a honest reply haha.


With everyone pulling the piss out of my 15 year old software I was thinking maybe just upgrade.... haha
 
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We suggested ebay to at least find a disc for your 15 year old software because you already have a key that you know is legit.
We DO NOT recommend you buying a different Server OS/License off of eBay.

If it is a new OS on eBay for cheaper then retail then odds are it is a stolen key, which means as a business running windows server you can face very very large fines for using that stolen key.

So in windows server world things have changed over the last 15 years:
CAL is a user/device license. You get to pick one or the other so if you have 15 computers and 6 users you need 6 user CALs, if you have shared terminals and say 6 computers/devices and 15 users then you need 6 device CALS. Now interestingly enough microsoft does not require you to input the CAL license into the OS, merly hang onto it for record keeping in case of an "audit".
Also, you need a completely seperate version/CAL if you want the users to have remote desktop capability to said server.
Another change is the cost of OS for virutlazation or Servers with more then 2 physical CPUs on the baord.
 
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I understand that no one was telling me to upgrade and instead purchase a cd however I am a little weary if 2003 is sufficient for what I need being 15 years old... Sure it will probably get the job done but without all the cool new features.

Ahh righto, cheers for the info. Looks like I have the 'Windows server 2003 std 2 cpu' by the sticker on the case. Will keep that info in mind when/if I purchase another OS.

 
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Yeah I'd take azaran's advice and tread with extreme caution when buying software on eBay. You don't know whether or not it's legitimate, and if you got an illegitimate license, that would spell nothing but trouble.
 
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