I am setting up SQL server 2000 on a Windows 2000 server and would like someone to tell me the minimum required NTFS permissions in order to successfully run the SQL server. Possibly someone could just point me to an articale discussing the matter. I have started by removing the “everyone” group from the C: drive and have assigned “localhost\Administrators” and “System” with full permissions to C: and allowed these settings to propogate downward to all folders and files, but I am concerned I will not be able to run SQL with these settings. Also, I want to disable any unneccessary services that are not required to run SQL, particularly IIS, if it is not needed.