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If these are in fact old database files, you can move them to a back location, then run optimizer to move your current database files to this location. Once the files are safely moved, you can delete the old database files. Hope this helps -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support...

I would try logging in via user@domain.com. You may want to change the alias name to something way out there, that you know is not ambiguous. You need to either restart the Exchange Directory (not practical) or wait as there is a latency before this takes effect. Hope this helps --...

You are invited to join this technical chat tomorrow Dec 3, at 1pm PST Using Clustering with Exchange 2003 This chat focuses on the "Using Clustering with Exchange 2003: An Example" white paper posted at...

You are invited to join this technical chat tomorrow Dec 3, at 1pm PST Using Clustering with Exchange 2003 This chat focuses on the "Using Clustering with Exchange 2003: An Example" white paper posted at...

Hi Mark Glad to hear that worked. I have seen this many times but am unsure what exactly in the AV causes this. You may want to search your AV vendor's site or contact them regarding this. They may have a patch or a fix for this. -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support Please...

The move mailbox method is the recommended method See the following KB article 316886 HOW TO: Migrate from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2000 Server http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316886 Hope this helps -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support Please do not send email...

If the same problem persists in OWA, you will want to disable first client anti-virus and then server side anti-virus. Hope this helps -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting...

Hi Suzanne, Try this again but follow these steps Stop your Information Store 1. Rename your MBDATA folders to MDBDATA.OLD, these may exist on multiple drives 2. Create new MDBDATA folder(s) 3. Copy your saved Priv1.edb and Priv1.stm files and any pub1.edb and pub1.stm files to your MDBDATA...

You will also want to review your application logs for relevant errors. Are only your stores dismounting or is the Information Store service stopping as well? -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup...

Even if the user account was deleted, you may be able to recover the mailbox if deleted mailbox retention was set. A new user account could always be created and then used to reconnect this mailbox. Follow Method 1 in this article 813337 HOW TO: Recover or Restore a Single Mailbox in...

Here are the steps to do this via ADSI Edit. You may also want to review this article 307917 XADM: How to Remove the First Exchange 2000 Server Computer from the Site http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307917 ======= WARNING: If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP...

Also backing up Exchange with an Exchange aware backup will safely purge these log files Hope this helps -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting is provided "AS IS&quot...

It looks like the the expansion server on the properties of this DL may be invalid. For more info, see the following article 190995 XADM: DS_E_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_SYNTAX Modifying Distribution List Owner http://support.microsoft.com/?id=190995 Hope this helps -- Melissa Travers, MCSE...

The dir.edb contains the Directory Database. Your mailbox is contained within the Directory. The Information Store contains your actual mailbox data. So if you restored an Information store to a new server that had a blank directory, you would have mailbox data, but no way to retrieve it as...

Try applying the service pack for NT again and then reapply the service pack for OWA Hope this helps -- Melissa Travers, MCSE Microsoft Exchange Support Please do not send email directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. This posting is provided "AS IS&quot...