Hi guys Wondering if someone can help me out here. Ive come accross something that i havent seem before and havent been able to fix or find much info on. I am trying to remove our old exchange server which is also a DC. Its is exchange 2003 sp1 as is windows (2003, but no sp1).. I have removed all mailboxes and am ready to remove, trouble is when i go to add remove programs and remove exchange as soon as i select the Microsoft exchange component and try to add the remove property to it i get the following error. Multiple components cannot be assigned the requested action(s) because: - You must have write access to the local file system I am logged on as an enterprise admin, also with schema rights etc etc I am hoping someone in their vast experience has seen this and or has some idea where i should be looking. Any help appreciated, thanks Greg