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upgrade windows 2000 member server to windows 2003

How do I upgrade a Windows 2000 member server to windows 2003. I would be going from Windows 2000 Advanced Server to Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. I do not want to do a fresh install, just upgrade the currently installed 2000 to 2003.

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Lee W, MVP

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gregmani

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What leew says is basically correct. To amplify a little bit, you must boot to the Win 2K O.S., insert the Win 2k3 CD, and run setup. The installation menu option eventually gives you the choices of doing a fresh installl or an upgrade.
If you boot from the Win 2k3 CD, I did not see anywhere that gave you the option of doing an upgrade. I only saw fresh install options.

Lee W, MVP

What CD are you using?

OEM CDs that come with other computers will not perform upgrades - because you would be violating licensing if you used that CD. OEM Versions live and die on the hardware they are sold with/first installed on.

Lee W, MVP

Because they are locked to the first machine installed on, there's no reason to have an upgrade option.

gregmani

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To answer the question of where the CD came from, I do not know. The main sysadmins here make copies of all CDs and squirrel away the originals. When I was working on this, I found a CD with markings that made me think it might work. After doing what I mentioned in my previous post, I was able to upgrade instead of installing a fresh OS.