[FrogMaster]

Strange!
My main machine is W2K final (paid for with hard-earned money). So far so good...
I installed "old" RC3-2183 on my secondary machine because I didn't want to install the same version again because of licence/legal stuff.
I must confess I'm honest. Believe me or not, but $250 is not so much for me. If I need another copy, I just buy it. Sorry for people who cannot afford
No prob so far until I applied service pack 1 to this RC3 installation.
After applying SP1, the system reports I have 2195 licensed US version installed!
Where am I ???
It seems that SP1 upgrades to final or not?
Is this piracy or somebody's incompetence at Microsoft?
Has anybody tried this trick out there?
What are your opinions, expert guys?

[DosFreak]

It probly just updates the version number.
Also there is nothing wrong with installing one copy of Windows 2000 on a second PC at home. Man you must have a very guilty conscience.

[CM]

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I installed "old" RC3-2183 on my secondary machine because I didn't want to install the same version again because of licence/legal stuff.

The Win2K RC3 license expired after Win2K finel comes out.

[Igor]

No much for legal stuff yeh ;-). Maybe MS forgot the Story with NT 4. If u install Servicae pack 4 on a trial version it became full blown one
I guess they ****ed up a bit

[FrogMaster]

Let's be logical:
1/ RC3 was supposed to die 120 days after installation, not on the very day of final release. So, RC3 is legit for 120 days whatever the date of installation.
2/ I do not remember having heard that it is not legal to apply SP1 to RC3.
3/ I no longer have RC3 on my machine because winver reports I have Windows 2000 2195, licensed to xxxx, number yyyyyyy, blah, etc.

My preliminary conclusions are:
1/ This installation seems to be legal.
2/ M$ sc***d themselves.

What do you think?