Hi; I am trying to install exchange in our school and i have faced some problem that I realy dont know how to solve. When trying to run forestprep i get an error message " Microsoft Exchange Forestprep cannot be assighed the action install" because: -To install the first Exchange server in a domain or to run" Forestprep" you must be an Exchange Full Administrator. I have tryed to install exchange system manager and use the delegation wizard and I could see that the domain administrator is an exchange full administrator. Any help to solve this problem would be welcomed as we need to migrate to Exchange 2003 ASAP. thanks

Check this document on technet.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124110.aspxI would focus on the "Before You Begin" section of the document.

Hi kevin, I have checked all the admin rights and the administrator is a member of all the required groups ie Enterprise Admin Schema Admin Domain Admin and Local Machine Admin. but forestprep would not run on the domain any more help would be great Thanks PS.on a lab test network everything is working fine.

Are you trying to run forestprep from the exchange server or the schema master?This document may be of some help:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830186

Hi Kevin, You just saved me, it did work and I am able to install exchange after following the instructions. Thanks

Kevin.Purcell wrote: Are you trying to run forestprep from the exchange server or the schema master?This document may be of some help:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830186 "Thanks Kevin you are a Thamesmead"

Your welcome.