Microsoft KB Archive/277734

= Cannot Directly Upgrade a Computer Running Windows NT 4.0 Certificate Services to Windows Server 2003 =

PSS ID Number: 277734

Article Last Modified on 12/18/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q277734



SUMMARY
You cannot directly upgrade a computer that is running Windows NT 4.0 Certificate Services (Microsoft Certificate Server 1.0) to Microsoft Windows Server 2003. When you try to upgrade, you may receive the following error message:

Certificate Server 1.0 cannot be upgraded directly from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.

If you continue, your Certificate Server settings may not be saved, and Certificate Server may be automatically uninstalled. If you upgrade first to Windows 2000 and then upgrade to Windows Server 2003, all your Certificate Server settings will be preserved.

For more information about Windows Server 2003 Certificate Services, see the Microsoft Web site.



MORE INFORMATION
To upgrade a computer that is running Windows NT 4.0 Certificate Services to Windows Server 2003, first upgrade the computer to Windows 2000. This path is the only supported upgrade path.

This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbinfo kbsetup KB277734

Technology: kbWinNT400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTSEnt400 kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSsearch kbWinServ2003Data kbWinServ2003DataSearch kbWinServ2003Ent kbWinServ2003EntSearch kbWinServ2003Search kbWinServ2003St

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