I was trying to installl Exchange 2007 in my 2003 server and got some unexpected error. The error page is given below.Summary: 5 item(s). 0 succeeded, 5 failed. Elapsed time: 00:02:25 Organization PrerequisitesFailed Error:The specified configuration file could not be loaded as an XML document. There is an unclosed literal string. Line 538, position 137. Elapsed Time: 00:02:25 Hub Transport Role PrerequisitesFailed Error:The specified configuration file could not be loaded as an XML document. There is an unclosed literal string. Line 538, position 137. Elapsed Time: 00:00:00 Client Access Role PrerequisitesFailed Error:The specified configuration file could not be loaded as an XML document. There is an unclosed literal string. Line 538, position 137. Elapsed Time: 00:00:00 Mailbox Role PrerequisitesFailed Error:The specified configuration file could not be loaded as an XML document. There is an unclosed literal string. Line 538, position 137. Elapsed Time: 00:00:00 Unified Messaging Role PrerequisitesFailed Error:The specified configuration file could not be loaded as an XML document. There is an unclosed literal string. Line 538, position 137. Elapsed Time: 00:00:00 What should I do? Please suggest...Thank youSaumyarup Sengupta

hI ,http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrdeploy/thread/89a77716-4b13-407f-8e16-83f3b76a04c6http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrdeploy/thread/7673d2d3-2566-43d0-a562-08e166fa31fbregardsSyed Arsalan.syed.arsalan

The specified configuration file could not be loaded as an XML document. For some reason it is not able to open the source package. Did you tried redownloading the setup installation file from net? also make sure you have proper rights to install the sameVinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|

Hi,Please do not install Exchange 2007 on Domain Controller.This Exchange server is also a domain controller, which is not a recommended configurationhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997407.aspxPlease download setup file from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4c4bd2a3-5e50-42b0-8bbb-2cc9afe3216a&displaylang=en.Besides, when you install Exchange Server on member server,we can specified the DC to install with /DomainController. How to Prepare Active Directory and Domainshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125224.aspxRegards,Xiu