Exchange – Setup previously failed while performing the action ‘Uninstall’
KB ID 0000877 Problem After I managed to break my test Exchange 2013 Server the other week, I built a new one and migrated all the data into it. But while trying to decommission the old Exchange box, the process failed and I was stuck with this error. Setup previously failed while performing the action “Uninstall”. You can’t resume setup by performing the action “Install”. So now I couldn’t...
Exchange 2010 Install Error – ‘Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on this server’
KB ID 0000577 Problem I had a nice clean install on a greenfield site today, Exchange 2010 Standard c/w SP1 on Server 2008 R2, so I was not happy when this happened! Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); if ($RoleStartTransportService) { start-SetupService -ServiceName MSExchangeTransport } ” was run: “Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on...
Installing Exchange 2010 on Server 2012
KB ID 0000785 Problem With the release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3, Exchange 2010 is now supported on Windows Server 2012, but as there (at time of writing) is no media with SP3 slipstreamed into it, installing the product on Windows Server 2012 is a little problematic. If you got here because you have tried and have got an error, follow the procedure below and you should have the product installed and running without any further...
Microsoft Edge Can’t Be Opened Using The Built-In Administrator Account
KB ID 0001096 Problem Not only the built in administrator account, if you try and open Microsoft Edge whilst logged in as the Domain Administrator you will also see the same error message. To be honest this is a good thing, you shouldn’t be doing something potentially dangerous like going on the Internet as the administrator anyway. However for my test Windows 10 machine on the bench I’m not really bothered, I just want...