Unable to remove broken Exchange 2003 installation (SBS 2003)
- by Austin ''Danger'' Powers
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:
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:
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!