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Cannot Install GP 10.0 on Windows Server 2003

Hello:

I am trying to install GP 10.0 on a Windows Server 2003 R2 Terminal Server box. When I double-click on Setup.exe in the DVD file, the install window appears and I choose to install Microsoft Dynamics GP. But, afterward, nothing happens. I, then, tried to run Setup.exe through Add/Remove Programs since that is sometimes required on a Terminal Server box. Same result.

Afterward, I downloaded two .iso files—one for the original GP 10.0 DVD and one containing GP 10.0 with service pack 3. Same result.

I also tried putting it in install mode. Same thing.

I am logged on as an administrator. Any ideas?

I have already installed the latest Windows Installer 4.5 package and got the same result.

John

Hi Again:

Just now, I got this to work. I followed step 2 of KB article 947538 below. I apologize, for the bother. :)

John

Step 2: Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0

1.Download the SkipDotNetCheck.mst file.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Dynamics File Exchange Server:

SkipDotNetCheck.mst (mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange)

Release Date: January 16, 2008

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

2.Copy the SkipDotNetCheck.mst file to the root directory of drive C.

3.Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

4.At the command prompt, type cd\, and then press ENTER.

5.At the command prompt, type the following command:

msiexec /i "C:\path\bin\GreatPlains.msi" SQL_SERVER_NAME="server that is running Microsoft SQL Server" INSTALLDIR="installdirpath" SELECTED_COUNTRY="country" TRANSFORMS=:Inst0instance;c:\skipdotnetcheck.mst INSTANCE_NAME="instancename" MSINEWINSTANCE=1 /qb+

Note In the command, replace the placeholders as follows:

•Replace the path placeholder with the path of the folder that contains the contents of Microsoft Dynamics GP CD 1.

•Replace the server that is running Microsoft SQL Server placeholder with the name of the server that is running Microsoft SQL Server. This will create the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data source name (DSN).

•Replace the installdirpath placeholder with the path of the folder in which you want to install Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0. For example, type "C:\Programs Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP10".

•Replace the country placeholder with the version that you want to install. For example, type one of the following:

•"United States"

•"Canada"

•Replace the instance placeholder with the number of the installation. For example, if you have a default instance of Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0, the instance number is 1. If you have a default instance and another instance, the instance number is 2. If you have not yet installed an instance of Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0, the instance number is 1.

•Replace the instancename placeholder with the name of the instance. For example, type the following:

"GP10"

6.Press ENTER.

7.When the installation is complete, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.

8.Click the Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 instance that you installed in step 5, and then click Change.

9.Click Add/Remove Features to install the additional features.

Install the latest update for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0.

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