w2k3 server acting goofy after initial exchange 2k3 install

October 20, 2007

my setup:

2 virtual PCs:

VPC1 - w2k3 enterprise edition, domain controller, dns, dhcp, file

server, and JUST installed exchange 2k3.

VPC2- win xp, just a normal client machine.

after the install, it said that exchange was installed successfully,

blah blah blah, and that the machine needed to be restarted. ok cool.

so it's doing its thing, but now it takes about an hour for it to get to

the login screen. its getting stuck at "preparing network connections".

then it takes another 45-60 minutes to login, getting stuck at

"applying computer settings" or something. when im finally able to

login, it doesn't show network connectivity. meaning, there's no icons

in the system tray next to the time. when i go to the control panel and

try to get into my network connections that way, the network connections

never come up. control panel just freezes. i enabled the "expand

network connections" option in the start menu so that i wouldn't have

to go thru the control panel, but the start menu freezes when i try to

open network connections from there, too. all this started happening

after the first reboot after the exchange install. any ideas?

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Starz

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October 20, 2007

Re: w2k3 server acting goofy after initial exchange 2k3 install

figured it out. i had to go to start>run>"msiexec /regserver".

yep.

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Starz

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