Help with configuring w2003 sbs

lenriqueleyva · 07-09-2008, 05:49 PM

Hello, this is my first post, i bought windows 2003 sbs and installed it on a new box, everything was going well until i tried to run the wizard once inside the OS, it was running well installing everything, and when it asked me for disc 4 i got blue screen and the box restarted, if i try to run the wizard again it says an OEM version is not installed and it wont let me run, i formatted and tried several ways to install it, same thing happened, i tried with another windows, 2003 R2 to be precise, and it worked perfectly, i have the box now with my windows and the wizard couldnt be finished, and after 7 days it started to shutdown, cause it needs to be domain controller, my question is, is there a way to configure the machine as a domain controller without using the wizard? i dont mind if i have to do everything manually. Thank you for your help.

~~NetworkMonitor~~ · 07-10-2008, 11:31 AM

Yes, first you must prepare the active directory for the sbs installation. You can use this link http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true for your reference in Active Directory installation and this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884453 for the SBS installation.

07-09-2008, 05:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
lenriqueleyva Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: windows xp sp2	Help with configuring w2003 sbs Hello, this is my first post, i bought windows 2003 sbs and installed it on a new box, everything was going well until i tried to run the wizard once inside the OS, it was running well installing everything, and when it asked me for disc 4 i got blue screen and the box restarted, if i try to run the wizard again it says an OEM version is not installed and it wont let me run, i formatted and tried several ways to install it, same thing happened, i tried with another windows, 2003 R2 to be precise, and it worked perfectly, i have the box now with my windows and the wizard couldnt be finished, and after 7 days it started to shutdown, cause it needs to be domain controller, my question is, is there a way to configure the machine as a domain controller without using the wizard? i dont mind if i have to do everything manually. Thank you for your help.

07-10-2008, 11:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~NetworkMonitor~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Windows 2000	Re: Help with configuring w2003 sbs Yes, first you must prepare the active directory for the sbs installation. You can use this link http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true for your reference in Active Directory installation and this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884453 for the SBS installation.