New Exchange 2003 Video Tutorial: Upgrade From Exchange Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2 (with IMF Uninstall)

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Have you ever seen the error "The component Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services cannot be assigned the action Update because…"? Chances are that you are trying to upgrade Exchange Server 2003 SP1 to Service Pack 2 and you cannot upgrade to SP2. To upgrade from Exchange SP1 to SP2, you must uninstall the Intelligent Message Filter (the IMF) because, as the error message says, "An earlier version of the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter has been detected on this system and this earlier version must be uninstalled before applying Service Pack 2." It may be long but at least it's a helpful error message! In this video, Grant Moyle shows you how to uninstall IMF before applying SP2 and actually shows you two different techniques.

• Category: Installing and Deploying Exchange Server 2003
• Skill Level: 400 (Intermediate - Advanced)
• Length: 9:54 (6.61MB)
• Applies to Versions: Exchange 2003
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