Re: Domain Admins group missing

From: Cris Hanna \(SBS-MVP\) (crishannanospam_at_computingpossibilities.net)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:23:33 -0500

Did you see a location button to click on?? Don't have one in front of me
to click on 

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"Ryan D" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:cd4901c48aae$3b4cfba0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm in the process of migrating an SBS 2000 domain into a
> SBS 2003 domain.  I am following the white paper
> titled "Migrating from SBS2000 to Windows SBS2003" step by
> step.
>
> I've already installed SBS2003 on the destination server.
> I've also successfully migrated one XP client to the new
> 2003 domain.
>
> However, when I tried to migrate another XP client today I
> ran into the following problem.
>
> According to Step 3, it says I need to add the Domain
> Admins group for the source server to the built-in
> Administrators group on any client computer.  The strange
> thing is that when I go to add this group it's not
> listed.  The only listed groups are the local computer
> groups.
>
> Am I using the wrong procedure to add groups?  I open the
> SBS2003 server console and select "Local users and
> groups", expand the groups folder, and select the
> properties of the built-in local administrator.  But when
> I try to add groups via Location button, it only lists the
> local computer domain.  It does not list the parent server.
>
> The other XP that I already migrated lists both the parent
> server and local computer via the Location button.
>
> What am I doing wrong?  How can I add the Domain Admins
> group to my built-in Administrators group?
>
> I noticed that this SBS2000 XP doesn't include the
> username "Administrator" for the SBS2000 domain in the
> control panel->User Accounts window.  The only SBS2000
> domain account it includes is a username titled "ckeith"
> with administrator rights in the domain.  Also, it
> includes a username that it says belongs to the local
> computer domain, but I can login with the SBS2000 domain
> selected.
>