4.1. Installing ESM on Windows XP
Problem
You want to manage Exchange from your desktop or laptop computer instead of having to connect directly to the Exchange server.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Log on to your Windows XP Professional machine using an account that has administrative privileges on the local computer.
From the Control Panel, open the Add or Remove Programs applet.
Click the Add/Remove Windows Components icon.
In the Windows Components page of the Windows Components Wizard, select Internet Information Services (IIS), then click the Details button.
In the Internet Information Services (IIS) dialog box, ensure that Internet Information Services Snap-In, SMTP Service, and World-Wide Web Service are checked, and click OK.
Click OK and click Next.
If prompted, supply your Windows XP product CD (or some other kind of installation media) so Windows can load the required files.
Click Finish to complete the component installation.
Open the Computer Management snap-in.
Select Services and Applications and select Services.
Stop the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and World Wide Web Publishing services.
Set the startup state for the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and World Wide Web Publishing services to Disabled.
Get the latest version of the Windows Server 2003 administrative tools package from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&displaylang=en and install it. (A version is on the Exchange CD in i386\adminpak.msi, but the ...