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by navjun

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i'm trying to uninstall exchage server from my win 2k server ( i only have on eserver)
and i get this error:
the componenet "ms exchaneg and clobration services" can not be asssigned the action remove:
becouse
one or more users currently use a mail box store on this server this usesr most be moved to a mailbox store on a diffrent server orbe mail disabled before uninstalling this server.
unforunatly i only have one server.
what can i do to uninstall this server

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by maxwell edison

See Microsoft article Q260378, "XADM: How to Manually Remove an Exchange 2000 Installation"

The best way to do this is to re-run Setup, and at the Component Selection screen click the Remove option for the installed components.

If this does not work, it may be because there are still mailbox-enabled users. To disconnect this server's mailboxes from their associated users, use the Active Directory User and Computers snap-in to select all users with mailboxes on this server, right-click and select Exchange Tasks , and then click Delete Mailbox . If you are still not able to uninstall using the setup program, you can uninstall Exchange 2000 manually, as described in the "More Information" section.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q260378

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Maxwell

by rharrison

Have you deleted all user mailboxes in Exchange? I would try that first, since you're just trying to uninstall and do not need to retain or migrate them. Once you've deleted all of the mailboxes (users) in Exchange, try uninstalling.

Good luck!

Ron

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