Hi everyone I installed windows server 2008 datacenter on a microsoft virtual machine, and created a Domain flawlessly. when i tried to install the 32bit trial version of exchange 2007 server sp3 on the same machine, all required roles and features were installed perfetly .But when running the Hub Transport setup it freezes at 97% of completion then it fails, giving a message stating that ms exchange transport service could not be started. I tried everything, from starting the service manually using CMDlet to reinstalling exchange server on the machine . what can i do?

Can you try and install Exch on a member server and not a DC? Also, I assume this is for testing as 32bit isnt supported on production systems? What does the setup.log say?Sukh

Hi Please try to Rename the "Data" Folder and start the service again. The folder is under ...\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\data That might caused by the corruption in Queue & IPFilter under Data folder. Hope it helps Cheers Zi Feng TechNet Community Support

Dear sukh828 thank you for your time .. I installed exchange 2007 sp1 instead of sp3 after i ran the preparation topology command [ /p ] - which i forgot to run last time .. both ways didn't work.. But when I edited the registry removing all IPv6 lefftovers it turned out great ..http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852#letmefixit Thanx againmohamed adel

Thanks alot Zi Feng, This is another useful piece of informationmohamed adel

Hi If the you problem is solved, please mark as answer and finish this thread CheersZi Feng TechNet Community Support

Hi If the you problem is solved, please mark as answer and finish this thread CheersZi Feng TechNet Community Support