Evaluation Period has expired - SQL server Management Studio

I am new to this environment and I have an issue with SQL studio management – it says
“Evaluation period has expired. For information on how to upgrade your evaluation software please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy”.
The questions I have are :
1. How do I know what version of SQL I am running ?(since I cant go through studio management)
2. I can see sql server 2008 r2 on the program files- does that mean SQL management studio is 2008 R2?
3. How do I upgrade to a proper version ? – Is it through “installation center “ on program files ?
4. Will the upgrade stop any SQL services?
Many thanks guys – Im fairly new to sql troubleshooting – I have only done direct installations in the past.
Regards, MassonTech

Hi Guys
Many Thanks for your reply.
I have managed to find the version of SQL server 2008 R2 running through the registry and it says :
Edition: Standard Edition
Edition Type : Standard Edition
But i can not find any indication that an evaluation copy was initialy installed. - I have been asked to suggest an upgrade path. My question is ? am i upgrading just SQL management studio ? or SQL server 2008 R2.
Also , if SQL is expired - i presume something should stop working (in terms of database etc) But in my enviroment - everything seems fine except the error message when you try to lunch SQL management studio.
Regards, MassonTech
I guess you have multiple instances or versions of SQl server installed on your machine.Please use below link to run a discovery report and paste result here so that we can understand
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/petersad/archive/2009/11/13/sql-server-2008-discovery-report.aspx
Please mark this reply as the answer or vote as helpful, as appropriate, to make it useful for other readers
I have performed the above, please see below the output - Please could you advise on what next?
Product
Instance
Feature
Lanugauge
Edition
Version
Sql Server 2008
DAV01
Database Engine Serveices
1033
Standard
10.0.1600.22
Sql Server 2008
DAV01
SQL Server Replication
1033
Standard
10.0.1600.22
Sql Server 2008
DAV01
Analysis Services
1033
Standard
10.0.1600.22
Sql Server 2008 R2
Management tools basic
1033
Enterprise Evaliation
10.50.1600.1
Sql Server 2008 R2
Management tools Complete
1033
Enterprise Evaliation
10.50.1600.1
Sql Server 2008 R2
Integration Services
1033
Enterprise Evaliation
10.50.1600.1
Regards, MassonTech

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