Never mind. I may have explained the previous wrong only to confuse the situation. Plus, I jumped ahead of myself by not completing the installation process. Now, I am getting an error. "Signing in to the Microsoft Exchange Instant Messaging failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." Mostly everything I find points to URLScan but when I disable and restart IIS, the error continues. _____ From: Bob Fronk [mailto:bfronk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:11 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Instant Messaging http://www.MSExchange.org/ I agree. Download the new trial 2005 version and give it a try. It gives you 180 days to get proper licensing. Bob Fronk MCSE CCNA bfronk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <http://www.davishelliot.com> _____ From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:markfu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:59 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Instant Messaging http://www.MSExchange.org/ I would recommend you go with Live Communication Server, personally I don't think Exchange 2000 IM on a Windows 2003 server is a supported installation. Mark Fugatt Dedicated Supportability Engineer (Exchange) Microsoft Services Organisation Desk: +44 (0)118 909 5630 Mobile: +44 (0)7966 858108 http://www.microsoft.com/support Dedicated to proactively supporting Microsoft's enterprise Customers This email may contain confidential information. If you are not named on the addressee list, please take no action in relation to this email, do not open any attachment, and please contact the sender (details above) immediately. Information in this email is provided in good faith. If you are a customer of Microsoft, please refer to the terms and conditions which cover the provision of support and consulting services to you/your organization. If you are not corresponding in the course of, or in connection with a Microsoft contract or program with its own terms and conditions, please note that no liability is accepted by Microsoft for the contents of this mail. _____ From: Edwin [mailto:msexchange@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 29 November 2004 15:39 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Instant Messaging http://www.MSExchange.org/ We would like to make use of the MSN Instant messaging service within our domain. Our DC's are both Win2K3 standard Edition and our Exchange Server is Win2K Advanced. I installed the Instant Messaging software from the Exchange 2000 CD onto a Win2K3 Standard machine that is a member server. I understand that Exchange 2000 is not compatible with Win2K3 however I am not using the mail services and thought I would give it a try before re-installing the server I intend to use. Basically, on the Win2K3 machine I installed the software and System Manager. When I go to the "Exchange Features" tab, of the user I intend to use, I click on "Enable" and I am asked for a IM Home Server. The problem is that the "Browse" button is disabled. Is this because of Win2K vs. Win2K3 with Exchange 2000 (possibly)? Or is there a step that I am missing? P.S. Why not use Exchange 2003? For licensing reasons. P.P.S. Why do you want to use IM? 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