Windows Installer a long time ago swallowed the actual error code and determined that this error message was the most likely cause of any failure to install/start a service. With time that’s been proven wrong, but as Raymond Chen would tell you about maintaining backward compatibility…
What you should always do when you see that message pop up is (with the box still up) open an elevated command prompt and do a “net start <servicename>” and see what error that returns. If it returns a time out check to see if its possible that the service executable had popped up a dialog/message box (possibly in the service desktop on vista/2008 and newer). One of those two will usually tell you what went wrong. Blair From: Palmer, Joel Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:14 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. * 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
