Re: Server2k3, IIS, SPS Installation broken.

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Shane, I did what you suggested in that order...and it works!

Thanks a million!

Jason

"Shane Young [SPS MVP]" wrote:

> My recommendation is uninstall SPS and start over. After you uninstall it
> remove IIS and then re add IIS. Make sure you do not enable front page
> server extensions and than you do enable support for ASP.net. Then follow
> the admin guide for step by step instructions. SPS2003 installs on domain
> controllers with no problems normally.
>
>
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> Shane Young - SPS MVP
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> Blog - http://msmvps.com/shane/
>
>
>
> "Jason Cramer" <JasonCramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2DA3DD85-1432-4580-B489-371F234AF1C9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am having some serious trouble getting new Sharepoint Portal Server
> > installation working. I found a MS help and support site (not realizing
> > it
> > was MS Indonesia) and they started helping me until they realized I was
> > not
> > in their system and needed to buy support.
> >
> > Here's the deal.
> >
> > I recently upgraded to Windows Server 2003 Standard from 2k Standard. I
> > had
> > IIS 6 already on the system, but had disabled it because I needed an
> > apache
> > server to run on here. Well, now I've re-enabled the IIS and installed
> > SPS
> > which during install did not give me an option to choose to use a database
> > type or not..it was just grayed out and not selectable. I have installed
> > SQL
> > Server 2000 SP3 and figured that this is why it didn't give me the
> > option..
> >
> > Anyway, at the end of the installation where it said it was done
> > successfully, it said it was taking me to a page to configure some kind of
> > database connectivity. Well when the page loaded it came up with a dns
> > error. I checked IIS and that particular site was not running. I started
> > it
> > and it said "Parameter is incorrect" and did not start the site. So when
> > I
> > checked the Home Directory page of the site's settings the Application
> > pool
> > which was selected was like "invalid pool" or something.
> >
> > I went ahead and changed that app pool to MSSharePointPortalAppPool or
> > whatever it is, and then started and it was running at that point. When I
> > tried to go to the page though, it would give me a login for which none of
> > my
> > usual login names or passwords would work. Finally it tells me that "You
> > do
> > not have permission to view this page." The login screen that comes up is
> > not in a web page ...its a popup window.
> >
> > So after discussing this with Nick Huang of Microsoft Indonesia, he had
> > pointed out the following:
> > ---
> > [Nick] The option chosen should be "install WITHOUT database engine".
> > Reason
> > why one option is grayed out is that the server is also a Domain
> > controller
> > (DC) as you mentioned in 1. The database engine here means MSDE which
> > cannot
> > be installed on a DC.
> > [Nick] In the case that the prompt is presented in a popup dialog box, the
> > problem is likely in IIS - authentication part.
> > [Nick]
> > There are some behaviors not right as I observed.
> > 1. SPS2003 installation should create two application pool,
> > MSSharePointPortalAppPool (for use of Portal sites), and
> > CentralAdminAppPool
> > (for use of SharePoint Central Administration web site). On your side,
> > after
> > installation completes and configuration starts, the SharePoint Central
> > Administration site should be given CentralAdminAppPool, but it was given
> > Invalid Pool.
> > 2. You're being prompted to enter username / password when you enter
> > SharePoint Central Administration. The expected result is that we should
> > get
> > a page in which we're asked username / password. The username / password
> > are
> > used by SPS to connect the underlying database (to create configuration
> > database). As long as we enter a username / password that has permission
> > to
> > SQL, we should be able to get through.
> > ---
> >
> > If I understand correctly...in order to use Active Directory and have a
> > domain with DHCP and RIS installed, you need to use a Domain
> > Controller...so
> > this is what I had previously set up on the 2K OS, which then carried over
> > in
> > the upgrade to 2k3.
> >
> > I need to have RIS, so what can I do? Is there a way to get SPS working
> > on
> > a Domain Controller?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Technically twisted in Twisp.
>
>
>
.



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