This makes me both happy and sad. I rebooted the server and it installed successfully. Wonderful, it installed. So, do I just document the scenario and move on? Pbbt. BTW, I answered my own question below. Yes, 'SYSTEM' is the same as 'LocalSystem'.
Thanks for your concern, especially Carter Young. Joel D. Palmer | Data Integration Engineer T +1 952-975-1544 | M +1 612-396-3087 -----Original Message----- From: Palmer, Joel Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:10 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Deployment - Installation Fails on Server 2003 but works elsewhere Thanks for the reply. Is 'SYSTEM' the same as 'LocalSystem'? If so, it is already there. The list is Administrator, ASPNET, NETWORK SERVICE and SYSTEM along with a couple GUIDs and SqlServer agents. Joel D. Palmer | Data Integration Engineer T +1 952-975-1544 | 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 This: (I know it's not VmWare) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=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 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. > According to the installation log I am successful until it hits the > main .exe of my project. I install using "LocalSystem" and this works > when I install to my dev box (Windows 7). However, it fails when I > attempt to install it onto my Windows 2003 test server. I already > verified that the prerequisites (Framework 4.0, etc) exist on the box. > Any troubleshooting tips you can give me is appreciated. Oy, my life > for a good error message. > I can forward the windows installer logging if that is helpful. > > Joel Palmer > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical > Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg. > clktrk _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
