Thank you for your on-point reply, Regarding licenses and what not, I need to tread carefully since the old software that works based on that may not work at all.
I will most probably ask the management to just move to newer software and call it a day there are TOO many unknowns. Thank you again for your time.
Well believe it or not I managed to transplant it successfully. Now the proof is in the pudding.
I need to test it.
Thank you sir , I think is more by this point. 1990-2024 almost.
Speaking of testing, I managed to get into the control panel, and into the logs of the application and I get this error,
does anyone have a clue why this is going on?
thanks
Yes exactly,
I managed to transplant it from Windows XP to windows 11 PRO.
Is there a manual to read how to check the licenses? 
Also is there a way to check how many "users" are using the db , I am sure is should be only 1.
Thank you
Well 17 precesses. I seen that it hasn't shown an error since I deleted the old ones so it must be a glitch. I will keep an eye on it.
Thank you again for all your help and your time