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I am migrating away from my Windows 2003 SBS server to Windows 2008 R2. &nbsp;I followed the instructions <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2881-Migrate-Small-Business-Server-2003-to-Exchange-2010-and-Windows-2008-R2.html" rel="ugc">here</a> and got all the way through the uninstall of Exchange 2003. &nbsp;<br />
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When I am in the change/remove for Windows 2003 SBS, I get the following error when I try to remove Exchange.<br />
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Setup encountered an error while checking prerequisites for the component &quot;Microsoft Exchange&quot;: 0X80072030 (8240): There is no such object on the server.<br />
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My concern is at the start of step 11 in the link, I used the ADSI Editor to remove the Recipient Update Service. &nbsp;The instructions say &quot;Right Click on Recipient Update Service (Enterprise Configuraion) and select Delete. &nbsp;There may also be a Recipient Update Service (ORGNAME) this also needs to be deleted.&quot;<br />
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So I did just that. &nbsp;However, the next line says in bold: Only delete the Recipient Update Service Entries under the container; DO NOT delete the container itself or any other entry. &nbsp;But I think that's what I just did.<br />
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So I found the following KB article and followed the instructions. &nbsp;<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283089" rel="ugc nofollow">kb283089</a><br />
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Still am getting the error. &nbsp;PLEASE HELP!
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I am migrating away from my Windows 2003 SBS server to Windows 2008 R2.  I followed the instructions here (https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Email_Servers/Exchange/A_2881-Migrate-Small-Business-Server-2003-to-Exchange-2010-and-Windows-2008-R2.html) and got all the way through the uninstall of Exchange 2003.  

When I am in the change/remove for Windows 2003 SBS, I get the following error when I try to remove Exchange.

Setup encountered an error while checking prerequisites for the component "Microsoft Exchange": 0X80072030 (8240): There is no such object on the server.

My concern is at the start of step 11 in the link, I used the ADSI Editor to remove the Recipient Update Service.  The instructions say "Right Click on Recipient Update Service (Enterprise Configuraion) and select Delete.  There may also be a Recipient Update Service (ORGNAME) this also needs to be deleted."

So I did just that.  However, the next line says in bold: Only delete the Recipient Update Service Entries under the container; DO NOT delete the container itself or any other entry.  But I think that's what I just did.

So I found the following KB article and followed the instructions.  kb283089 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283089)

Still am getting the error.  PLEASE HELP!

Cannot uninstall Exchange 2003 From Windows 2003 SBS

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.