yes, can you guide me, and answer my second questions regarding OWA . > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > You have a lot of work ahead of you > > Some details you dropped out of your post that I can guess them > > 1. You didn't uninstall exchange > 2. You didn't disjoin the server from the domain. > 3. You didn't wait for the previous changes to take effect > > Is that right? > > -----Original Message----- > From: rolamohammed [mailto:rolamohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 6:54 PM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] We formate the exchange server-Please Help > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > dear all, > > we have here 2 servers as the following :- > > 1. Domian Controller Acting as Schema Master. > > 2. Exchange server 2003 as one & Only exchange server and it has all > the mailbox of all the users. > > 3. 100 users have mailbox, and all the e-mails are stored on PST > file on clients. > > due to some resons, we decide to formate the server of the exchange server > it self. > > after we formate the server, we install the windows server 2003,with > all the service pack. > > we did forest prep & domain Prep agian on the eexchange server , and > when we trying to install the exchange server, i got this error > message :- > > ============================================================================ > = > > THE COMPONENET " MICROSOFT EXCHANGE MESSAGING AND COLLABORATION SERVICES" > CANNOT BE ASSIGNED THE ACTION " INSTALL " BECAUSE: > > - A SERVER OBJECT FOR THIS SERVER ( " HO-SRV-XCH ") ALREADY EXISTS > IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE GORUP " FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP ". IF YOU > ARE ATTEMPTING TO REOVER THIS SERVER, PLEASE RUN SETUP WITH THE > DISASTER RECOVERY SWITCH, OTHER WISE YOU MUST FIRST REMOVE THIS > SERVER OBJECT FROM THE ACTIVE DIRECTORY BY USING EXCHANGE SYSTEM MANAGER. > > ============================================================================ > = > > I DID NOT DO ANY THING ON THE DOMAIN CONTROLLER, THEN I CHANGE THE COMPUTER > NAME, BUT I FOUND THAT THE SERVER NAME - OLD ONE - IS STILL APPEAR > IN THE EXCHANGE SYSTEM MANAGER UNDER SERVERS. > > CAN ANY ONE PLEASE GUIDE ME WHAT CAN I DO IN ORDER TO SOLVE THIS > ISSUE ? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ------------------------------------------------------ > Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: > http://www.techgenix.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: > mjtech@xxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ------------------------------------------------------ > Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: > http://www.techgenix.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List > as: rolamohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx