To remove the error flags, restart IIS. To avoid getting the error flags at each reboot, perform the following steps to make the Web service dependent on the Exchange Information Store (IS) service: Start regedt32.exe. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\w3svc. Double-click DependOnService. On the first blank line, add the following text: MSExchangeIS Click OK. Close regedt32. Obviously, if you remove Exchange 2000 from the system, you must remove the service dependency on MSExchangeIS or the Web service won't start. HTH Steve This E-Mail is confidential. It is not intended to be read, copied, disclosed or used by any person other than [ExchangeList]. Unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Optimum Computer Solutions disclaims any liability for any action taken in connection of this E-Mail. The comments or statements expressed in this E-Mail are not necessarily those of Optimum Computer Solutions or its subsidiaries or affiliates. usermanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx