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Permissions issue?

ok..i have 2008 x 64 running on a VM box and trying to install exchange 2k7..i've installed 2k7 on a 2k3 server, this is my first go around with 2008. When i try to run the setup when logged in as the domain admin account i get an error saying i don't have permission..i can install when using the local admin account but fail at "domain account" requisite. Any ideas? Also i am installing this into a domain with an existing 2k3 exchange server that we will be migrating to, anything i need to watch out for..?

Thanks

dfxdeimos

Is the account you are using also an "Enterprise Admin"?

dfxdeimos

Have you also looked at this technet article?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124350(EXCHG.80).aspx

jasonmichel

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thanks for the article...and yes, the account is a enterprise admin

dfxdeimos

Also make sure if you are adding this machine to an existing Exchange organization that it is also a member of the "Exchange Administrators" group.

jasonmichel

ASKER

So when it asks in the intial setup "Please Spcify the name for this Exchange organization I'll keep the same one that's in the system manager for 2003, in this case "First Organization (Exchange).

any other ideas about the permissions issue?

dfxdeimos

Can you tell me the exact error message that you get?

On the page where it asks you for the account, can you give me the exact wording of the request?

dfxdeimos

Yes, you should keep the existing name.

jasonmichel

ASKER

"Failed to initialize the log file: Access to the path C:Exchangesetuplogs\exchangesetup.log is denied. Setup will not continue"

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jasonmichel

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lol, i just did that, i was thinking the UAC was stopping it and it worked..thanks..

dfxdeimos

Great, glad you got it working.