Microsoft KB Archive/820283

= Error message when you reinstall Exchange Server 2003 after you install Office 2003 or Office XP =

Article ID: 820283

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP, All Editions
 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003

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SYMPTOMS
After you install Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office XP on your Exchange Server 2003 computer, when you try to reinstall Exchange Server 2003 you receive the following error message:

A non-fatal setup error has occurred. For details see < :\Program Files\Microsoft Integration\Microsoft Exchange\Logs\Errorlog.txt>

Note  is the hard disk where Windows is installed.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the version of Microsoft Search Service that is included with Office 2003 and Office XP is different from the version that is included with Exchange Server 2003.



WORKAROUND
Remove Office 2003 and Office XP from the Exchange Server 2003 computer, and then reinstall Exchange Server 2003.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. Office 2003 and Office XP are not supported on computers that run Exchange Server 2003.

Additional query words: XGEN mssearch

