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These may help:<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;919089" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;919089</a><br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;906154" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;906154</a>
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These may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;919089 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;919089]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;906154 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;906154]

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can I run exchange on a machine not set up as a Domain Controller tho?
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can I run exchange on a machine not set up as a Domain Controller tho?

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Yes.<br />
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As long as it can contact a DC and a Global Catalog server (very important) then it's fine to run on a member server.<br />
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Yes.

As long as it can contact a DC and a Global Catalog server (very important) then it's fine to run on a member server.



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Yes Off course It is possible to run exchange server without promoting ur server as domain controller.<br />
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It has to be a domin member server.
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Yes Off course It is possible to run exchange server without promoting ur server as domain controller.

It has to be a domin member server.

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Make sure that the DNS is set correctly on the server. <br />
It should be pointing to internal domain controllers ONLY for DNS. Exchange is very AD reliant, and if it cannot find a DC/GC then the machine will hang for what appears to be ages. <br />
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Simon.
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Make sure that the DNS is set correctly on the server.
It should be pointing to internal domain controllers ONLY for DNS. Exchange is very AD reliant, and if it cannot find a DC/GC then the machine will hang for what appears to be ages.

Simon.

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Good point Simon.<br />
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I am running 2003 sever with exchange standard. It is not set up as a DC. on bootup it hangs on applying computer settings, i can boot into safe mode but i need to get it up and running for exchange. i am gettin the errors, source it MS Exchange DS Acess Event Id 2114. i also get another exchange error the source is MS Exchange MU event id 1042. any ideas? can exchange be ran on a machine not set up as a DC? <br />
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thanks
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I am running 2003 sever with exchange standard. It is not set up as a DC. on bootup it hangs on applying computer settings, i can boot into safe mode but i need to get it up and running for exchange. i am gettin the errors, source it MS Exchange DS Acess Event Id 2114. i also get another exchange error the source is MS Exchange MU event id 1042. any ideas? can exchange be ran on a machine not set up as a DC? 

thanks

Exchange Error!!

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).