Brilliant.... After a -lot- of messing around, the silent install finally worked.
Thanks! I have to say that CF 4.5 and 5 always installed like a dream (for me). I heard a lot of tales of woe when MX 6 came out which rather put me off upgrading but I really would have thought it would have been fixed by now.... Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Good [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 February 2007 13:54 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Trouble installing MX 7 > > I had to do a silent install and turn off DEP to get MX 7 > installed on my 2003 R2 machine. > > Here's a link on how to silent install: > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=87bd20f4 > > To turn off DEP just right click My Computer and choose > properties. The DEP settings are under the Advanced tab and > the Performance button. > > Good luck! > > ~Steve > > > Richard Meredith-Hardy wrote: > > Dear all > > > > I'm having a bit of trouble installing MX7 std trial on my dev win > > 2003 server R2 / iis 6 > > > > CF5 enterprise has been running fine on it for ages. I > would like to > > retain > > CF5 along the lines of http://dfdj.sys-con.com/42069.htm so > I renamed > > the > > CF5 CFIDE and CFDOCS before starting. > > > > Vanilla MX7 install except path is to c:\apps\CFusionMX rather than > > the default. > > > > MX702 seemed to install without complaint. > > > > - The ColdFusion MX 7 Application Server Service is running. > > - .cfm, .cfc Etc. files in IIS are pointing at ...irun_iis6.dll > > semingly correctly. > > > > ....But whatever I seem to do with file permissions and IIS I'm > > getting 401.3 > > unauthorized: Access is denied due to an ACL set on the > requested resource. > > ....on localhost or any other URL so can't get into the > administrator, > > or anything else on the entire server. > > > > The strange thing is, I don't think there are any ACL's set > up on this > > server... It's just "enable anonymous access" under > IUSR_servername, > > no IP address restrictions, Secure communications off. > > > > My eventual objective is to have it running in a domain > account rather > > than the local system account like you do with CF 5, but to > begin with, getting > > it to run any way would be good... > > > > I've cast around and can't really find any notes on this sort of > > thing, there must be loads out there really, initially just > a guide to > > what all the default file permission settings and IIS > setings should > > be would be great.... > > > > Thanks > > > > Richard (back on the list after several years) > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

