exchange 2000 uninstall fails

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From: enduro (enduro_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:19:04 -0800

I'm having problems with my unsuccesful excange 2000 install and I ve tried
to uninstall it but no success!
Please help, it's very critical!

error message!
Setup failed while (error 0x80005000: An invalid ADSI pathname was passed.) .

Additional information:
An invalid ADSI pathname was passed.

ID no: 80005000
Microsoft Exchange Setup

Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services

Function:
ScGetCurrentFlavorOfSetupInstalled
CCompServer::ScPreSetup
CComExchSetupComponent(%s)::PreInstall

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