Thankyou for the suggestions. Interestingly the Remote services thing was the issue. I believed this service was as per most descriptions (Remote registry) but the RRAS service and others rely on it during configuration and upgrades. (SP2 was not able to complete successfully without this service running.
Thanks again. Tim Gilroy List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
