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resetting system folders - 31.Jul.2008 3:09:35 PM

Conagher

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I've been following the steps to reset the system folders in Exchange 2003 SP2 because I keep getting event ID 8207 - "Error updating public folder with free-busy information on virtual machine servername. The error number is 0x8004010f."

I've already tried the dismount the public folders store and then remounting it, but the error still exists.

This is the steps I've been following;

1.
Download and install the Guidgen.exe tool. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288482.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288482.aspx)

2.
Double-click Guidgen.exe.

3.
Under GUID Format, click Registry Format (i.e. {xxxxxxxx-xxxx...xxxx}), click Copy, and then click Exit.

4.
Start Notepad, and then open a blank document.

5.
On the Edit menu, click Paste to paste the GUID into the document.

6.

Remove all brackets and hyphens from the GUID.

7. Type 0x (note that "0" is the zero character here) before every two characters in the GUID, and then add a space character. The following is an example of a GUID before and after it is formatted to include the 0x and the space characters:
Before:

72D9691FA2194b798F24C0F6E5D2115FAfter:

0x72 0xD9 0x69 0x1F 0xA2 0x19 0x4b 0x79 0x8F 0x24 0xC0 0xF6 0xE5 0xD2 0x11 0x5FImportant If you are using ADSI Edit that is included with Windows Server 2003, do not type the 0x format. Put a space between each of the two characters, as in the following example:
Before:

72D9691FA2194b798F24C0F6E5D2115F

After:

72 D9 69 1F A2 19 4b 79 8F 24 C0 F6 E5 D2 11 5F

8.
Start ADSI Edit.

9.
Locate the following object:
CN=AdministrativeGroup,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=Domain,DC=comTo do so, expand Configuration Container [Computer.Domain.com], expand CN=Configuration, DC=Domain,DC=com, expand CN=Services, expand CN=Microsoft Exchange, expand CN=Organization, and then expand CN=Administrative Groups.

10.
Right-click CN=Administrative Group, and then click Properties.

11.
Click the Attributes tab or the Attributes Editor tab. If you are not using ADSI Edit that is included with Windows Server 2003, go to step 12. If you are using ADSI Edit that is included with Windows Server 2003, complete the following lettered steps, and do not complete the remaining numbered steps:

a.
Under the Attributes column, click SiteFolderGuid.

b.
Click Edit, and then click Hexadecimal in the Edit Value As box.

c.
In the Value box, paste the GUID that you formatted in step 7 with space characters. Click OK, click Apply, and then click OK.

d.
Quit ADSI Edit, and then restart the Exchange-related services.

12.
In the Select which properties to view box, click Optional.

13.
In the Select a property to view box, click SiteFolderGuid.

14.
In the Edit Attribute box, paste the GUID that you formatted in step 7 with 0x and space characters.

15.
Click Set, and then click OK.

16.
Quit ADSI Edit.

17.

Restart the Exchange-related services.

The problem is in step 11. there is no "SiteFolderGuid" listed in the Attribute Editors tab. Any ideas as to what to do next?

Thanks,
Doug