Unable to remove broken Exchange 2003 installation (SBS 2003)

Posted by Austin ''Danger'' Powers on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Austin ''Danger'' Powers
Published on 2013-11-09T01:52:59Z Indexed on 2013/11/09 4:00 UTC
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We have a non-functional Exchange 2003 installation on our SBS 2003 server that I am trying to uninstall.

So far we have never used, and will never use, Exchange on this server- all we need is to remove it from the system (as it is installed on a partition which we want to merge with the main data partition to increase network storage capacity).

Attempting to remove it using Add/Remove Programs produces the following error:

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When doing a search in ADUC to see which users still have a mailbox associated with them, it seems to only be the domain administrator account:

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As the Exchange installation is broken, it is not possible to run either System Manager or Exchange 5.5 Administrator to make mailbox changes.

How can I forcibly remove a mailbox (which does not need to be salvaged or backed up), to allow the uninstall of Exchange to proceed?

Any ideas would be appreciated!

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