That seems plausible. During the life of the server some of the files probably were changed due to patches and hotfixes as well.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:30 PM To: exchange Subject: Re: [Exchange] Exchange media necessary for 2003 uninstall I'd guess that the local uninstall requirements cannot be met for some reason. Typically, from what I have seen, is that some files are missing - or perhaps damaged. -- Espi On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I been looking for an answer to this but haven't found it yet. Why is it necessary to have the original Exchange 2003 installation CD to uninstall it? The nearest thing I've found is that it is need to uninstall "cleanly". Ok, but why did they make that a requirement? Not that I need it, I found our copy in our archives after trying the SP2, and then the SP1 CDs. Now I'm just wanting to satisfy my curiousity. Anyone know? -Paul
