SP2 issue – fix for product expiration date activated incorrectly

MS Article ID: 971620

During the installation of the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2, a product expiration date is activated incorrectly. This means that the product will expire 180 days after Service Pack 2 is deployed, as if it were a trial installation.

If you have applied the manual fix then this does not concern you. If have not and or are planning SP2 upgrade, then the recommended solution is to apply the following updates available from the Microsoft Download Centre:

When you install the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2, the product expiration date is activated incorrectly

Note: for background, refer to previous post regarding this.