While trying to install Exchange 2013 you receive the error message "A reboot from a previous installation is pending. Please restart the system and rerun setup.
October 2, 2013If you just installed Exchange 2013 and you have an Exchange 2010 mailbox you cannot access EAC you get the old ECP management
October 2, 2013One or more servers in the existing organization are running Exchange 2000
Server or Exchange Server 2003.
Installation can’t proceed until all
Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 servers are removed.
If you previously upgraded from Exchange 2003 to a version before 2013 then you may not have removed Exchange 2003 or 2000 server properly. If this is the case you can run adsiedit.msc and find the following location.
Load Configuration
services>Microsoft exchange>first organization>administrative groups> In here find your administrative group. Then you will see a “servers” container. Go in there and delete any name references to your old servers that are no longer in your network.
