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Q248726: XADM: Installing Exchange 5.5 on Windows 2000 Causes Error Msg.

Article: Q248726
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 
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SUMMARY
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When you run the Setup program for Exchange Server version 5.5 on a computer
running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, the following error message may be
displayed:

  This program does not run correctly on this version of Windows. To continue,
  click Run Program. To exit, click Cancel. For more information, click
  Details.

You can ignore this error message. Click "Run program" to proceed. To avoid
receiving this error message, run the Setup program from a command prompt.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you click Details, a Microsoft Windows 2000 Web page is displayed that lists
Microsoft BackOffice products that have compatibility issues with Windows 2000
Server.

Exchange Server 5.5 is not compatible with Windows 2000 Server. To make Exchange
Server compatible with Windows 2000 Server, you must install Exchange Server 5.5
Service Pack 3. To do this correctly, first install Exchange Server 5.5, and
after that installation is complete, install Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack
3.

For additional information about how to install Exchange Server 5.5 on Windows
2000 Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q248725 XADM: Installing Exchange 5.5 on Windows 2000 may fail with error
  c1031668

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc55 
Technology        : kbOSWin2000 kbOSWinSearch kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :5.5
Issue type        : kbinfo

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