To manually remove Intelligent Message Filter v1:
1. Stop all Exchange services (Information Store, System Attendant, SMTP, and Exchange-aware antivirus services).
2. Rename the MSCFV1 folder in X:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin, where X is the drive letter where Exchange Server is installed.
3. Rename the ContentFilter.dll file in \Exchsrvr\bin\
4. Open Regedit and export the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange
5. Delete the ControlFilterVersion subkey from the registry.
6. Restart the server. You should now be able to install Exchange Server 2003 SP2 without errors.

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8 Comments:
Thankyou Bharat - this solution saved me during a problematic SBS R2 re-install today! :-)
Will give it a go in 3 minutes.
See what happens.
BR Jure
If this doesn't work does anyone know of another solution?
Thanks, this worked realy wel! :)
This Guy is my new hero, Thanx a millloin!
Steps 2 and 3 could not be found but the registry entry was there and that is all it took for me to continue on with the SP2 update. Bizarre!
Just a rant - in the registry, delete the VALUE "ControlFilterVersion" - it's not a SUBKEY...
Actually its not ControlFilterVersion. Its ContentFilterVersion. ;)
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