Error installing Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Server 2003 SP 1

From: Mark J. Lucas (mjlucas_at_CALTECH.EDU)
Date: 05/17/05

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    Has anyone has a similar experience?

    Attempt to install Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise on Windows 2003 Server
    Enterprise with Service Pack 1. The setup references an incompatibility
    with "this version of Windows" but gives the option to continue. Upon
    reaching the component install screen, "Typical" is not automatically
    selected, and when it is manually selected, there is about a 30 second delay
    and then the error message, "Setup encountered an error while checking
    prerequisites for the component Microsoft Exchange 0xc007003A (58). The
    specified server cannot perform the requested operation." pops up. One
    cannot continue beyond this point. There are numerous messages on various
    message boards but no resolutions. TechNet has no articles on this error.

    I called Microsoft Product Support and their solution was to uninstall 2003
    Server SP1, install Exchange, install Exchange SP1 then install 2003 Server
    SP1. This sounds far too shaky a solution for me and on my front-end
    servers I installed 2003 Server slipstreamed with SP1, so, since I'm the
    position to do it, I'm just reinstalling the servers from scratch without
    SP1 until I have Exchange installed.

    I believe this problem is due to some incompatibility with the Exchange
    installer and 2003 Server SP1. Exchange does not support slipstreaming
    service packs into the original install so even if the SP1 version would
    install, it can't be done. Microsoft must come up with some sort of fix for
    this because I'm certain that I'm not the only person who will install 2003
    Server slipstreamed with SP1.

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    Mark J. Lucas, Sr. System Administrator, ITS
    California Institute of Technology 

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