SharePoint SP2 Bug – 180 Day Countdown
Microsoft recently released the latest service pack for SharePoint 2007 (SP2) which does provide a number of enhancements. However, in their process of developing this Service Pack they happened to overlook the fact that SP2 resets your SharePoint Installation into a Trial Mode. What does this mean, basically you have 180 days after installing SP2 to reactivate your SharePoint install as a non-trial version or your SharePoint instance will stop working. Currently there are no automatic hot fixes for this, but you can re-enter your Product ID on the Convert License Type page which will resolve this issue. Here is the official statement on the SharePoint blog.
Microsoft recently released the latest service pack for SharePoint 2007 (SP2) which does provide a number of enhancements. However, in their process of developing this Service Pack they happened to overlook the fact that SP2 resets your SharePoint Installation into a Trial Mode. What does this mean, basically you have 180 days after installing SP2 to reactivate your SharePoint install as a non-trial version or your SharePoint instance will stop working. Currently there are no automatic hot fixes for this, but you can re-enter your Product ID on the Convert License Type page which will resolve this issue.