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Also, check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/93...

2008-01-03T10:36:00.000-08:00

Also, check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937358 for an alternative way to fix the missing Administrative Group problem. I haven't tried it myself.

Great! Glad to be of help!!!

2007-12-20T11:22:00.000-08:00

Great! Glad to be of help!!!

Thanks for your help!! I think It might have taken...

2007-12-20T11:21:00.000-08:00

Thanks for your help!! I think It might have taken a little while for the changes to happen in AD. I've got Exchange installed!

Thanks again!

-Garth

Thanks for the write up!!I got a little further bu...

2007-12-20T10:35:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the write up!!

I got a little further but I now get the error Could not find the Legacy GWART "Legacy GWART' in Administrative Group 'Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)

Any Ideas?

Thanks Again!!

Hi Garth,First, create a new Adminsitrative Group ...

2007-12-19T17:49:00.000-08:00

Hi Garth,

First, create a new Adminsitrative Group named Exchange Administrative Group FYDIBOHF23SPDLT using ESM.

Next you need to change the name so that it's enclosed in parenthesis. You can't do that in ESM, so you have to use ADSIEdit:

* Run ADSIEdit.msc from the command line.
* In the Configuration node, navigate to Configuration | Services | Microsoft Exchange | [domain name] | Administrative Groups
* Rename CN=Exchange Administrative Group FYDIBOHF23SPDLT to CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)
* Run setup again

By the way, if you're wondering where Microsoft got the name FYDIBOHF23SPDLT, it's a basic Caesarian cypher. Shift the letters one letter to the left (F=E, etc.)

I've run into the same exact issue. "This let me r...

2007-12-19T16:11:00.000-08:00

I've run into the same exact issue. "This let me run setup again, but now I got an error complaining that Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT) was missing." I was wondering if you might be able to give me more specific help on what exactly you did in adsiedit to fix this.

Thank you so much!

Cheers.

-Garth