I don't think you can do an inplace downgrade so I would swing it out to a temporary Exchange 2000 server, wipe the original machine reinstall and then swing it back. You will still have the Exchange 2003 forestprep and domainprep results - but those cannot be reversed and shouldn't do any harm.
Follow this article to remove the first Exchange server correctly: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=822931 Simon. -- Simon Butler, MCP, MCSA Senior Systems Administrator Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.amset-it.com w: www.amset.info -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Lewis Sent: 06 July 2004 22:54 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Is it possible to downgrade Exchange ? I know that this seems a real dumb question but is it possible to downgrade Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2000 ? This is the scenario. We have customer that has had an Exchange migration done from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. As they only have licenses for Exchange 2000 they were only suppose to have been migrated to Exchange 2000. This was done due to to a mix up in communication. As a result the customer has either got to fork out several 1000 GBP for 2003 lcenses or, as requested by the customer, downgrade to Exchange 2000. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or possible solutions. Neal Lewis Senior Network Installation Engineer. Evesham Technology. _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com .+--xm ,)r( \Ùy'iÇ)l+-rrÊW{jxìVmzy{jóxzvnhrjz={juyvryy
