Okay, a co-worker typed this up for me to post. I am simply cutting and pasting from e-mail...quote:I just built a new Windows 2003 box, fresh install. The only things I installed after that was ...

Warnings Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

3 Steps to Easy SQL Upgrades IT managers who still have the demands of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 upgrades fresh in their minds will appreciate the relative simplicity of SQL Server migrations ...

Operating System is Server 2012R2 I have made sure it is set to NT_AUTHORITY\SYSTEM during the install, I don't see any obvious problems. Anyone have any suggestions for what to look at.

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