Can't uninstall SBS 2003 in sbs 2003 -> sbs 2008 migration

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I'm trying to remove sbs from my sbs 2003 server. Also I'm logged in as Administrator. However When I start to go through the wizard it gives me the following error.

You must be a member of the Domain Admins, Schema Admins, and Enterprise Admins group.

I then did some research and found this (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842694)

and I came to the point where it says to delete the server from Sites and Services. However when I clicked delete it wanted me to dcpromo the box first.

However I have read you have to uninstall exchange first and then dcpromo it to remove AD.

Any ideas?

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