Service Error 997

[Beowulf005]

I am trying to install MS Virtual Server on to my SBS server. The installer needs Windows Installer 3.0 running. I have installed the installer package but when I try to start the service I get the following error.

 Could not start the Windows Installer Service on local computer.
Error 997: Overlapped I/O operations is in progress

How can I find out what the other I/O process so I can stop it.

In the event viewer for system
Error ID 7023 but dosn't give any information.

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[markdmac]

A reboot will probably resolve this for you, though I would offer that running VS on SBS is a bad idea.

VS is very memory intensive and SBS is optimized to get everything it ships with to run right.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[Beowulf005]

I have rebooted the machine twice + one in safemode no luck. I know its intensive but I have 4 GB on the system just looking to run Server 2003 to test out sharepoint v3 since it will not install on SBS

When frustrated remember, in the computer world there is almost always a backdoor.

 

[markdmac]

You could try shutting down all services like sharepoint, IIS, DHCP, WINS, Exchange, SQL, ISA and see if that resolves it.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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http://www.thespidersparlor.com/vbscript