<strong>Warning</strong> If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, or both Windows and Exchange. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur if you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. Modify these attributes at your own risk.
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	<li>Install the Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit on your Exchange 2003 computer or on a client computer.<strong>Note</strong> There is no requirement to install the Windows 2000 Resource Kit on the Exchange 2003 computer.</li>
	<li>Enable diagnostics logging of Directory Service to Metabase replication. To do this, follow these steps:
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	<li>Start Exchange System Manager.</li>
	<li>Make sure that you can view administrative groups in Exchange System Manager. To do this, right-click your organization, click <strong class="uiterm">Properties</strong>, and then click to select the <strong class="uiterm">Display administrative groups</strong> check box if it is not selected.</li>
	<li>Expand <strong class="uiterm">Administrative Groups</strong>, expand <strong class="uiterm">Servers</strong>, right-click the Exchange server, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Properties</strong>.</li>
	<li>Click the <strong class="uiterm">Diagnostics Logging</strong> tab.</li>
	<li>Click to select the <strong class="uiterm">MSExchangeMU</strong> item under the <strong class="uiterm">Services</strong> list.</li>
	<li>Under <strong class="uiterm">Logging Level</strong>, click Maximum.By default, the logging level is <strong class="uiterm">None</strong>.</li>
	<li>Click <strong class="uiterm">OK</strong>.</li>
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	<li>Stop all Exchange services and Internet Information Service (IIS) services on the Exchange 2003 computer that you want to change.</li>
	<li>Create a backup copy of the Program FilesExchsrvrMailroot folder.<strong>Important</strong> Make sure that you perform this step before you continue.</li>
	<li>Move the Vsi 1 folder, the subfolders of the Vsi 1 folder, and the contents of the Vsi 1 folder from <var>drive</var>:Program FilesExchsrvrMailroot to the new location.<strong>Note</strong> Do not move the Mailroot folder itself.</li>
	<li>Register the Adsiedit.dll file by using the <strong>regsvr32</strong> command. To do so, follow these steps:
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	<li>Click <strong class="uiterm">Start</strong>, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Run</strong>.</li>
	<li>In the <strong class="uiterm">Open</strong> box, type the following line, and then click <strong class="uiterm">OK</strong>:
<div class="indent"><strong>regsvr32 "drive:program filessupport toolsadsiedit.dll"</strong></div></li>
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	<li>Click <strong class="uiterm">Start</strong>, click <strong class="uiterm">Run</strong>, type <strong class="uiterm">MMC</strong>, and then click <strong class="uiterm">OK</strong> to open a new Microsoft Management Console (MMC).</li>
	<li>Click <strong class="uiterm">Add/Remove Snap-in</strong>, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Add</strong> to add the ADSI Edit snap-in.</li>
	<li>In the console tree, click <strong class="uiterm">ADSI Edit</strong>, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Connect To</strong> on the <strong class="uiterm">Action</strong> menu.</li>
	<li>Click <strong class="uiterm">Naming Context</strong>, click <strong class="uiterm">Configuration Container</strong> in the <strong class="uiterm">Naming Context</strong> list, and then click <strong class="uiterm">OK</strong>.</li>
	<li>Locate the following Microsoft Active Directory directory service container in the configuration container: <strong class="uiterm">CN=Configuration CN=Services CN=Microsoft Exchange CN=<var>YourOrganizationName</var> CN=Administrative GroupsCN=<var>YourAdminGroupName</var> CN=Servers CN=<var>YourServerName</var> CN=ProtocolsCN=SMTP CN=1</strong></li>
	<li>Right-click <strong class="uiterm">CN=1</strong>, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Properties</strong>.</li>
	<li>In the <strong class="uiterm">Select which properties to view</strong> list, click <strong class="uiterm">Both</strong>.</li>
	<li>Edit the attributes for the following properties, and then click <strong class="uiterm">Set</strong> after you edit each one:
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	<li>msExchSmtpBadMailDirectory</li>
	<li>msExchSmtpPickupDirectory</li>
	<li>msExchSmtpQueueDirectory</li>
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	<li>Wait for Active Directory replication to replicate these changes to the rest of the forest.Or, at least wait for Active Directory replication to replicate these changes to the domain controllers and to the global catalog servers that your Exchange 2003 computer references.</li>
	<li>Start only the Exchange System Attendant service. This procedure copies the paths that you have changed from Active Directory to the metabaseIf you have enabled Directory Service to Metabase diagnostics logging as described in step 2, an event that indicates that the paths in the metabase have updated successfully is recorded three times in the event log. (Event ID: 1005, Source: MSExchangeMU, Category: General). This event is recorded shortly after initialization.</li>
	<li>Restart the Exchange 2003 computer.</li>
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