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Thread ID: 116199	2011-02-21 05:36:00	Downgrade Server 2008 R2	berryb (99)	Press F1

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1180175	2011-02-21 05:36:00	I need to downgrade Server 2008 R2 standard to Server 2008 32 bit. I have a new HP ML110 server that came with R2 and 5 CAL's. Have software that is not supported under 64bit so need to go 32bit and since R2 is only 64bit I have to downgrade. Anyone know the process to achieve this? I have spoken to MS and after some discussion they have supplied downgrade license from SBS 2008 to SBS 2003 which is not what I asked for at all!! Hence the question here as to what process others have done??	berryb (99)
1180176	2011-02-21 06:23:00	R2 is only 64bit? I never knew that	nedkelly (9059)
1180177	2011-02-21 06:26:00	System requirements for Windows Server 2008 R2 are as follows: Processor 1.4 GHz x86-64 or Itanium 2 processor Hmm did not think so.	nedkelly (9059)
1180178	2011-02-21 06:28:00	You can't downgrade (or upgrade) from 64-bit OS to 32 bit OS.	Cato (6936)
1180179	2011-02-21 06:45:00	Hes talking about downgrade from a licensing/media perspective. I'd call MS again and tell them they stuffed up.	Alex B (15479)
1180180	2011-02-21 07:27:00	My bad.	Cato (6936)
1180181	2011-02-21 07:35:00	MS website doesn't agree with you though. www.microsoft.com Hmm did not think so.	berryb (99)
1180182	2011-02-21 08:12:00	deleted	SolMiester (139)
1180183	2011-02-21 08:15:00	R2 is only 64-bit, as will be any future server OS from Microsoft. According to the table on this site: www.microsoft.com you can downgrade as you require, so just call MS again (as someone suggested) and tell them. A lot of the 'helpdesk' people at MS are rather useless so just hope you get a different one this time :D	WarNox (8772)
1180184	2011-02-21 09:17:00	Yes will be ringing MS again in the morn. I thought I would give the code they gave me a go but no good. Just in case they had a typo in their documents.	berryb (99)
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