Unable to access the local metadatabase

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Microsoft®The Exchange Server 2007 installer cannot proceed.

The Exchange 2007 installer requires that data can be read from the Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) metadatabase when the mailbox server or client access role is installed.

The IIS metadatabase includes information that affects Microsoft Exchange, such as HTTP protocol settings, virtual directories accessed by mailboxes and mobile devices, and HTTP security settings.

To solve this problem, verify that IIS is correctly installed and then run the Microsoft Exchange installer again.

To verify that IIS is correctly installed, see the following resources:

• Microsof Knowledge Base Article 843093 "How to troubleshoot IIS metabase corruption issues on Windows 2000 Server-based computers running Exchange 2003 Server or Exchange Server 2000" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink? Linkid = 3052 & kbid = 843093 ).
• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240225 "Description of Adsutil and MetaEdit Utilities Used to Modify the Metabase" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink? Linkid = 3052 & kbid = 240225 ).
• Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 317678 how to: Restart Internet Information Services (IIS) on Exchange 2000 Server (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink? Linkid = 3052 & kbid = 317678 ).

If the guidance provided by these resources cannot solve the problem, you may need to uninstall IIS and then reinstall it.

Use "Add/delete Windows Components" in the control panel to uninstall IIS

Use Control Panel to install IIS

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