Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 Hangs at “Stopping IIS Admin Service”
Nov17

Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 Hangs at “Stopping IIS Admin Service”

KB ID 0000235  Problem Had this, this morning (On SBS 2003) saw a few posts on technet and other forums but, the given advice of “Reboot it” was not the elegant suggestion I was looking for.   Solution 1. Annoyingly simple, Click Start > Run > cmd {enter} 2. Enter the following command iisreset /STOP {enter} 3. Service Pack 2 will burst back into life and complete successfully.   Related Articles,...

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Exchange – Outlook Web Access ‘Your request could not be completed..’

KB ID 0001093  Problem Whilst doing an Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 migration last week, I moved a test mailbox to the new Exchange 2010 server. But when I attempted to open the mailbox in OWA I got this; “Your request couldn’t be completed because no server with the correct security settings was found to handle the request. If the problem continues, contact your helpdesk.” Solution At first I assume this was some...

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Mailbox Move ‘Stuck’ Queued
Nov17

Mailbox Move ‘Stuck’ Queued

KB ID 0001094  Problem When doing a migration I usually create a test account and move that to the new server. Then I can mail flow both from old to new server and to/from external addresses from both old and new servers. So when the mailbox just sat ‘Queued’ for a while I was starting to get concerned. Even applying the Exchange ‘cup of coffee’ rule didn’t make a difference. Solution Nice simple one to...

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