Hi All, I'm trying to install a second Exchange 2007 standard server in our organisation and I've hit a brick wall, and was wondering if anybody had any pointers. Details as below: Hardware : ESXi host running a VM with Windows 2003 R2 X64 SP2 Install: Just Mailbox role + tools, Exchange 2007 Standard SP1 Currently have an existing 2007 server that has HUB/CAS/MB roles that co-existed in an old 2003 Exch environment that we migrated from several months ago. The server is a 2007 Standard server SP3 roll up 5 on Win2003 x64 R2 SP2. The server OS meets all pre-requisites and I have installed all the necessary components required for an Exchange install. However when I run the install it installs the services but they fail to start; eventually time out. They then don't start automatically nor do they start if I manually try to restart them. I've tried service packing the exchange install and then uninstalled Exchange, re-installed the OS and then tried again, but got the same results.. The account that I am using to do the install is Enterprise admin / Domain Admins / Exchange Org Admins. Errors that appear in the event log are 2114, 2604, 2501 and 2601. None of them are at all helpful as they are complaining about not having the necessary DLL files to display messages from a remote computer.. I've checked that the AD site is correct and returned OK, and server objects get placed in Server config\Mailbox in EMC of the other server (just can't return info as the services will not start). The only things in the install log of note are that the services time out failing to start. Any help / suggestions appreciated.

Just try this if it help then its fine run this in the DC machine for this server repadmin /syncall /ApeD and restart this exchange server it looks like the intial issue is due to replication from DCNelson N Exchange 2003|2007|2010

Hi Sophia, Thanks for replying. I have checked the default domain controllers GPO and only the "Exchange Enterprise Servers" group is listed as having rights to manage auditing/security logs. Is this correct or do additional groups need this right? Many thanks!