MSDE 2000 for BMS on Windows 2003(Server) If you want to install MSDE on a Windows 2003 Server, call setup.exe. For upgrading of MSDE (from MSDE 7.0 to MSDE 2000), e.g. when the server has been upgraded to Windows 2003 and a MSDE has been installed before, use "upgrade.bat". Security remark: BLANKSAPWD=1 allows the password to be empty. If that line is removed from the .ini file, a password has to be specified. The correct password has to be entered in the oamserver.properties.