Re: Domain Admins group missing

From: Brian Desmond [MVP] (desmondb_at_payton.cps.k12.il.us)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:06:24 -0500

See my reply. This is not really SBS specific at all. 

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"Feng Mao" <fengmao@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Ryan,
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> Thank you for posting!
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> | 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.
> |
>