Please help!!, Exchange on SBS

When attempting the Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3 Update
component of SBSSP1a, I get the following refusal to
proceed :
"You can use this edition of Microsoft Exchange 2000
Service Pack Update to update existing version of Exchange
2000 only."
The SBS-flavour of Exchange 2000 is certainly installed
and handling mail happily (Version 6, Build 4629.1,
Service Pack 1) on Windows 2000 Server (now at SP4 from
the SBSSP1a).

Third-party apps being disabled makes no difference, and
this is a clean install running several months without
issue or Event until now.

File-capture methods don't spot any miscreants, so I'm
leaning towards corrupt or erroneous Registry
referrals...but I just can't seem to track any down?

I'm an MCSA (2k), working towards (.NET) MCSE and enjoy
hunting down info & solutions at the "usual sources"
(GoogleGroups, EventID, Technet, MS Community Newsgroups
etc) and I've really looked everywhere for the answer to
this, or else similar scenarios that I can adapt from, but
really, this one has me stumped....is there someone who
can PLEASE help?
_____
David
.

Merv
Wed Sep 10 07:08:00 CDT 2003

Is this any help..

Exchange 2000 Service Pack Is Not Installed on Small Business Server 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811124

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"david swales" <david@eswales.org> wrote in message
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>
>
> When attempting the Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3 Update
> component of SBSSP1a, I get the following refusal to
> proceed :
> "You can use this edition of Microsoft Exchange 2000
> Service Pack Update to update existing version of Exchange
> 2000 only."
> The SBS-flavour of Exchange 2000 is certainly installed
> and handling mail happily (Version 6, Build 4629.1,
> Service Pack 1) on Windows 2000 Server (now at SP4 from
> the SBSSP1a).
>
> Third-party apps being disabled makes no difference, and
> this is a clean install running several months without
> issue or Event until now.
>
> File-capture methods don't spot any miscreants, so I'm
> leaning towards corrupt or erroneous Registry
> referrals...but I just can't seem to track any down?
>
> I'm an MCSA (2k), working towards (.NET) MCSE and enjoy
> hunting down info & solutions at the "usual sources"
> (GoogleGroups, EventID, Technet, MS Community Newsgroups
> etc) and I've really looked everywhere for the answer to
> this, or else similar scenarios that I can adapt from, but
> really, this one has me stumped....is there someone who
> can PLEASE help?
> _____
> David
> .
>
>

danabeck
Wed Sep 10 07:08:27 CDT 2003

Hello David,

It sounds like Exchange might not have been installed through the SBS
integrated setup, or if so, that a few important registry keys didn't get
updated somehow.

Try these steps:

1. Run SBS setup either from Add\Remove programs or from cdrom #1.
2. Continue through the wizard until you reach the Component Selection
screen.
3. In the Exchange portion, what options do you have in the drop down box
on the left side of the window? (install, reinstall, none, etc?)

If you have install as an option (as opposed to reinstall) choose install
and then click next. This will install Exchange over the top of itself, and
also update the necessary registry keys as well.

If you have the option to reinstall instead of install, then choose
reinstall and click next, etc.

Once that completes, then try to install Service Pack 3 for Exchange once
again and see what results we get.

Regards,

Dana Becker
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.





|
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|
| When attempting the Exchange 2000 Service Pack 3 Update
| component of SBSSP1a, I get the following refusal to
| proceed :
| "You can use this edition of Microsoft Exchange 2000
| Service Pack Update to update existing version of Exchange
| 2000 only."
| The SBS-flavour of Exchange 2000 is certainly installed
| and handling mail happily (Version 6, Build 4629.1,
| Service Pack 1) on Windows 2000 Server (now at SP4 from
| the SBSSP1a).
|
| Third-party apps being disabled makes no difference, and
| this is a clean install running several months without
| issue or Event until now.
|
| File-capture methods don't spot any miscreants, so I'm
| leaning towards corrupt or erroneous Registry
| referrals...but I just can't seem to track any down?
|
| I'm an MCSA (2k), working towards (.NET) MCSE and enjoy
| hunting down info & solutions at the "usual sources"
| (GoogleGroups, EventID, Technet, MS Community Newsgroups
| etc) and I've really looked everywhere for the answer to
| this, or else similar scenarios that I can adapt from, but
| really, this one has me stumped....is there someone who
| can PLEASE help?
| _____
| David
| .
|
|
|