SharePoint: WSS Installation On A DC – Troubleshoot

5 Mar, 2007  Error, SharePoint  Tweet This Post! | Email Post

This is going to be short and sweet. But to get this solution, I have burned many Virtual Machines and our developer rebuilt real servers atleast 7 times. It is a different story that the Windows Server 2003 build was automated. However after every build was given to me, I used to run the setup and the configuration wizard would fail on Step 5 of Step 10.

No help from newsgroups, Microsoft or anyone. Atleast this will help someone.

This solution worked for me in our environment, it should work for you. Please consult your system administrators to make sure, this solution fits your environment. I was given a go ahead. I am not responsible for what you do to make Windows SharePoint Services v3 work in your environment on your domain controllers.

This is the error, after the Configuration Wizard failed on Step 5.

An exception of type System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException was thrown. Additional exception information: Class not registered

I have tried so many combinations of security permissions that I have no words to express my frustration! Well in the end, it works and has been approved by the system administrators. I don’t know if it is compromising security, but Windows SharePoint Services V3 installs on the DC.

Lets not delve into the security groups, just grab this information (which you have been wanting to know):

C: Local Service (Read& Execute List Folder Contents Read)
Network Service (Modify Read& Execute List Folder Contents Read Write)
WSS_Admin_WPG(FC)

C:Windows Temp Network Service Full Control
WSS_Admin_WPG(FC)
WSS_WPG (Read& Execute List Folder Contents Read)

Apply these permissions to C: drive and you are done. No more errors for Step 5!

Whew!

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31 Comments so far »

  1. Chuck Bakley said,

    Wrote on March 16, 2007 @ 5:12 am

    Thank you very much for the fix for the WSS v3 Install Wizard Step 5 Error.
    It’s been driving me crazy for a couple of days (daze?). You are to be commended for time and efforts.
    Cheers!

  2. Alpesh said,

    Wrote on March 16, 2007 @ 10:53 am

    Hi Chuck,
    I am glad this worked for you. I appreciate your commendation. I know how it feels :-)

    Please feel free to share your experience with all here re SharePoint.

    Cheers!
    Alpesh

  3. Stuart said,

    Wrote on March 26, 2007 @ 8:16 pm

    Alpesh – what a star!

    Ive been screwing over this for ages but now it works – I tried many things before such as adding the network service account, etc but obviously didnt have the correct levels of permissions. Thanks again!!!

  4. Alpesh said,

    Wrote on March 29, 2007 @ 10:10 am

    Thanks! I understand your frustration.

    Stay in touch via RSS/Email

    Cheers!

  5. Niels Henrik Egebjerg said,

    Wrote on April 10, 2007 @ 9:39 pm

    Thanks for the tip. I must say that you are one of the few presenting this solution. Thanks again :-)

  6. Alpesh Nakar said,

    Wrote on April 10, 2007 @ 9:41 pm

    Thanks Niels

  7. Matt Cowee said,

    Wrote on May 12, 2007 @ 8:31 am

    Alpesh,
    Very Impressed with your simple solution. It solved my problem in about 5 minutes while I was on site installing WSS 3.0 on their DC. Big Time Kudos from a 20 year vet of the computer wars.
    Matt

  8. Alpesh Nakar said,

    Wrote on May 12, 2007 @ 10:03 am

    @Matt: Glad it worked for you minus the stress :-) . I know how clients can get :-) Do you do lot of sharepointing?

    You have a professional site.

    Keep signed in for more sharepoint news :-)

  9. Juan said,

    Wrote on June 4, 2007 @ 7:58 am

    Hi, your post seems to be excellent, but I am a student and I am settinp up a server for first time in order to develop a sharrepoint solution. I don`t know how I can change this folder permissons. Can you help me please?
    Thanks. Juan.

  10. Alpesh said,

    Wrote on June 19, 2007 @ 12:44 pm

    Juan,

    I;d suggest google search for changing folder permissions help. Alternatively wait for few days, I have a post scheduled to go live for changing permissions with screenshots

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  12. Todd Anglin said,

    Wrote on July 24, 2007 @ 5:28 am

    Great tip! I ran into this problem today and your post saved me hours of troubleshooting. I am surprised there is not more out there covering this problem. Thanks for the help.

  13. Kevin said,

    Wrote on July 26, 2007 @ 5:17 am

    Thanks very much! This solved my problem even though I am not installing on a DC. I’m using the trial version of MOSS 2007 standard if that makes a difference. Thanks for your efforts.

  14. Joszek said,

    Wrote on September 10, 2007 @ 8:50 pm

    Alpesh – you are the man !
    I’ve lost whole week with this *~@#$% sps2007, and after 2 w2k3 reinstallations, still had problems with sql (both express and server) I had to excuse me with this, and try sharepoint services … and this cruel step 5.
    I’d never find yout it’s about permissions , especially on c:\windows\temp (when my tmp folder has way different location)

    one time: good job ! :)

  15. Alpesh said,

    Wrote on October 14, 2007 @ 9:12 pm

    @Joszek,

    Glad it helped :-)

  16. Grewth said,

    Wrote on December 12, 2007 @ 8:02 am

    Your solution makes no sense. It talks about non-sense and in the end I still have a problem. You paid these people to praise you.

  17. Matt said,

    Wrote on December 20, 2007 @ 1:09 pm

    Grewth,
    If his solution makes no sense to you, then I would humbly suggest that you may not have the IT skills necessary to understand the changes to the server OS that the solution involves.
    Matt

  18. Ludwig said,

    Wrote on January 8, 2008 @ 9:06 am

    Hi, i’m installing WSS v3 SP1 and getting this error:

    Configuration must be performed in order for this product to operate properly

    do you know why it could be happening.

    on the same server are installed:
    MOSS 2007, PS 2007 and BSM 2005 compatibility Release.

    thanks.

  19. Anthony F. Camilleri said,

    Wrote on May 30, 2008 @ 10:42 pm

    Was doing an SP1 reinstall and this advice saved me.

    Thanks for the saved days.

  20. Ammu said,

    Wrote on July 3, 2008 @ 7:20 am

    dude u r rocking i havent slept since 3days i have uninstalled moss atleast 8 time and noting worked .. but just by changing the permissions it rocked thanks a ton

  21. Rob said,

    Wrote on July 16, 2008 @ 11:22 am

    you da man

  22. Donovan Hubbart said,

    Wrote on August 19, 2008 @ 12:13 am

    I dont have the following user or group?
    WSS_Admin_WPG(FC)??

  23. Erik said,

    Wrote on September 18, 2008 @ 7:33 am

    It Worked! I was skeptical, but it worked!
    I do have one suggestion to help others reviewing this blog. Reformat your description of the security permissions and provide a little more step by step info.
    Other than that, I have been very pleased with the results. Thank you.

  24. Mark said,

    Wrote on October 8, 2008 @ 10:40 pm

    You are the best Man. It worked, I thought I had to re-install Windows again.

  25. andy_m said,

    Wrote on November 14, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

    My humble thanksgiving…I was running into the same problem on a non-DC and now I’m able to go through the whole configuration procedure…thanks for your valuable advice!!!!

  26. Appaji said,

    Wrote on January 13, 2009 @ 3:27 am

    i got same issue and i am trying to follow your steps, couldnot find WSS_xxx users on my box.

    still i am getting same error after giving permissions to network user and local user

    thanks
    appaji

  27. Ashhar said,

    Wrote on January 14, 2009 @ 3:50 pm

    Thanks Buddy. You realy saved my day!!!

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  29. Brian said,

    Wrote on February 14, 2009 @ 3:56 am

    Thanks a bunch, would have taken a long time to figure this one out.

  30. Augusto said,

    Wrote on June 3, 2009 @ 12:07 am

    I could not get it to work. I am on a SMB 2003 r2 in portuguese. I aplied the permissions only on the security tab. Do I need to create a share also and give the permissions on this new sharing?

  31. Ben said,

    Wrote on February 15, 2010 @ 1:13 pm

    Cheers mate. tried a bunch of stuff and this worked a treat finally

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