I need instructions on how to export a mailbox in exchange 2007, and I need complete instructions. What I have read has indicated that this can only be done by installing the Management Tools on a 32bit system running Outlook. So I tried that. (Extraordinarily counter intuitive by the way to have to select "Install Exchange" to install the Management Tools.) I can't the installation to work. I fail at the Management Tools Prerequisites. Error: The IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility component is not installed.... Error: The IIS Management Console is not installed. The system is running Vista. These are server roles. Microsoft's site implies this will run on Vista, but I don't see how. Is there another way to get mailboxes exported? What I have read indicates you can't do it straight from the server, but has anyone tried? Help would be very much appreciated. The end goal is getting a pst of a current mailbox on our system for legal reasons. It sure seems like Microsoft has made this ridiculously hard.

Check out Lucid8's DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp it will allow you to do exactly what you want in a very intuitive GUI. DigiScope supports Exchange 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000 or 5.5 and allows you to Open, Browse, Search or Export data directly from any ONLINE Production Mailbox or any OFFLINE EDB, i.e. backup of the Exchange database. You can also recover data from a historic offline copy of a database to any production exchange server OR if desired you can even delete, purge data from any online production server. Troy Werelius Lucid8

Are you installing the 32bit download? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6be38633-7248-4532-929b-76e9c677e802&displaylang=en Did you follow these steps? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555841 Installing Exchange 2007 Management Tools On a 32 Bit Operating System http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232090(EXCHG.80).aspx How to Install the Exchange 2007 Management Tools

Hi Guys, Thank you for your replies. @Troy Lucid8 looks like a great product, but not one that I can get approved for purchase at the moment. I will keep it in mind in for future situations. @AndyD Thank you for your leads. This article ultimately solved my problem: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998413(EXCHG.80).aspx