You need the following rights to upgrade Windows 2000 to
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition:
- Back up files and directories
- Modify firmware environment values
- Restore files and directories
- Shutdown the system
Additionally, your security context or role determines your
ability to complete Windows Setup. The following two tables illustrate the
capacity in which you must be logged on to successfully complete Windows Setup,
where
Yes indicates that you can upgrade to Windows Server 2003 when logged
on in that role, and where
No indicates that you cannot upgrade to Windows Server 2003 in that
role.
When Logged On to the Root Domain
Role Servers in the Servers in a
root domain subdomain
Domain Member Domain Member
Controller Server Controller Server
Enterprise
Administrator Yes (1) No Yes No
Domain
Administrator Yes (2) Yes (3) No No
Builtin
Administrator Yes No No No
When Logged On to a Non-Root Domain
Role Servers in the Servers in a
root domain subdomain
Domain Member Domain Member
Controller Server Controller Server
Domain
Administrator No No Yes (2) Yes (3)
Builtin
Administrator No No Yes No
:
- Intrinsically, members of the Builtin Administrators group
can upgrade the operating system (OS) and install programs on the
computer.
- By default, Enterprise administrators are members of the
Builtin Administrators group in the root domain.
- By default, Domain administrators are members of the
Builtin Administrators group in a domain.
- By default, Domain administrators are members of the
Builtin Administrators group on member servers in their domain.
To make sure that you can successfully upgrade to Windows
Server 2003 Standard Edition or to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition,
follow these steps:
- Verify the user rights assignments by using the Local
Security Settings snap-in. To do this, follow these steps.
NOTE: If a policy is already applied at the domain, site, or
organizational unit level that removes the necessary rights, you must modify
the Group Policy of the domain.
- Click Start, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
- In the Local Security Settings snap-in, expand Local Policies, and then double-click User Rights Assignment.
- In the policy list, verify that the Administrators
group under which you want to install Windows Server 2003 has the following
user rights assigned:
- Back up files and directories
- Modify firmware environment values
- Restore files and directories
- Shutdown the system
- To add a right, double-click the policy, click Add, click the user or group that you want in the Name list, click Add, and then click OK two times.
- Quit the Local Security Settings snap-in.
- Disable or modify any policies at the domain, site, or
organizational unit level that prevent the assignment of the correct user
rights.
For additional information about Group Policy, visit the
following Microsoft Web site: