The problem is the keycodes were only valid for 2009. Don't bother trying to call SAP - I spent over an hour and a half on the phone and was transferred to 5 different people only to be told the only solution was to download it again....10 hours later...same problem. The official word is that "Trial versions are not supported" regardless if you tell them you can't very well trial it if it cannot be installed!
You have to change your system date to something prior to July 2009 and install it that way. Unfortunately, everytime you want to 'TRIAL' it, you have to use that system date. Do NOT leave your system date changed and power off your box.
The only key they seem to be sending now is:
Please do not share licens keys in the forums, this is a violation of the forum rules
You can install it with that key (after changing your date), but to activate/register it, it won't work, so then try this one:
I, for one, am absolutely disgusted with the whole process. MICROSOFT offers much better products all in one suite. Heck, the developer version of SQL Server 2008 (all the features of Enterprise, but only for development purposes) is now under $50! Incredible.
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