this is my first time of installing MS system management server. i'm installing it on w2k3 server. during installation the below error keep poping up: The SQL Server service on server 192.168.1.10 cannot be started. Either the SQL Server is in a Windows NT 4 domain or this computer's machine account does not have Administrator's privileges on the SQL Server. To install a site in advanced security, all servers must be in Active Directory and the site server's machine account must have Administrator's privileges on the SQL Server. ok, i have MS SQL 2000 server in the network, and all the servers are in the same (w2k3 server) domain. the confusing thing to me here is: in the sql server, do i have to join the account of the sms server machine? or how do i successfully install an sms server2003 in a w2k3 server? an installation instruction/manual?

yes it needs to be a domain member