Question : exchange 2003 server will not start after upgrade from server 2003 to server 2008 - help needed.... thank you

I just did aan upgrade on a server at home and I get a few errors with service not starting.

IIS Admin - will start then fail
All exchange services are failing.  - dependency group failed to start


some errors in event viewer

Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WAS
Date:          12/9/2008 12:49:33 AM
Event ID:      5010
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      box.xxxxx.com
Description:
A process serving application pool 'ExchangeApplicationPool' failed to respond to a ping. The process id was '3976'.
Event Xml:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
 
   
    5010ventID>
    0
    3
    0
    0
    0x80000000000000>
   
    2579RecordID>
   
   
    System
    box.xxxxx.comomputer>
   
 
 
    ExchangeApplicationPool>
    3976a>
   
   
 







Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          12/9/2008 12:48:54 AM
Event ID:      7001
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      box.xxxxx.com
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Event service depends on the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service which failed to start because of the following error:
The dependency service or group failed to start.
Event Xml:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
 
   
    7001ventID>
    0
    2
    0
    0
    0x80000000000000>
   
    2568RecordID>
   
   
    System
    box.xxxxx.comomputer>
   
 
 
    Microsoft Exchange Event
    Microsoft Exchange Information Store
    %%1068>
 

Answer : exchange 2003 server will not start after upgrade from server 2003 to server 2008 - help needed.... thank you

victorpb do you understand the IIS issue that you have in front of you.,  Also, you can't just uninstall IIS and reinstall it without reinstalling Exchange.  Please come back to us if you need help.