Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-24 Thread Phil Wilson
...it's also worth reporting the actual error number in the range 1920-1923 that should have been shown somewhere - it's a bit more specific about what went wrong. Phil Wilson On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Blair Murri os...@live.com wrote: Windows Installer a long time ago swallowed the

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-23 Thread Phill Hogland
Pre-vista OS the name of the account for sid S-1-5-18 was NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163846 Post-XP/2003 (and possibly on XP/2003 with a SP level, I do not recall,) the name of the same S-1-5-18 sid ComputerName\Local System http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243330 When

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-23 Thread Blair Murri
Windows Installer a long time ago swallowed the actual error code and determined that this error message was the most likely cause of any failure to install/start a service. With time that’s been proven wrong, but as Raymond Chen would tell you about maintaining backward compatibility… What

[WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-22 Thread Palmer, Joel
* I use WiX 3.8 to create an installer for my Windows Service. When it is run on my Server 2003 test box, I get this very unhelpful and generic message: Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services. I am logged in to an Admin account when I run the installer.

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-22 Thread Carter Young
Try This: (I know it's not VmWare) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd=displayKCexternalId=1023265 Quoting Palmer, Joel jpal...@novaspect.com: * I use WiX 3.8 to create an installer for my Windows Service. When it is run on my Server 2003 test

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-22 Thread Palmer, Joel
-Original Message- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:17 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere Try This: (I know it's not VmWare) http

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere

2014-01-22 Thread Palmer, Joel
-975-1544 | M +1 612-396-3087 -Original Message- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:17 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere Try