The installer was interrupted...

When I attempt to install my application on another computer (see specs below), the installer says "The installer was interrrupted before" my program "could be installed".

I have tried stopping the virus scanner, but that doesn't help either. I have also tried using the local Administrator account to install the program. The event viewer just says "Product: " my program " --Installation Failed"

It installs and runs fine on my development computer and I can't think of anything to fix it.

Development Computer:
WinXP Pro SP1
MDAC 2.7
.NET Framework
ODBC.NET

Server (doesn't install):
Win2000 SP3
MDAC 2.7
.NET Framework
ODBC.NET

Ok , There are things to check: (suggestions)
1-Maybe the installer app does not supported by these OSs.
2-The installer is trying to add a key in the Registry without having the right permission.In this case install it when you log in as an admin.

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Originally posted by pirate
Ok , There are things to check: (suggestions)
1-Maybe the installer app does not supported by these OSs.

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That would suck. I have made installers using VB.NET before and they installed on WinNT and Win2000 systems.

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2-The installer is trying to add a key in the Registry without having the right permission.In this case install it when you log in as an admin.

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The installer is adding a registry key, but I was logged in as the local administrator account on the second computer when I tried installing the program.

thanks,

did you try installing your app on your PC(that you're working on)?

I don't know if this wil help butI had problems installing VB6 apps on some computers in a Win2000 server network. Registry keys wouldn't update and DLL's wouldn't register, even using Run As Administrator. The only way I solved it was to give every user full rights - installed the software and then set the users back. Might be similar problems with .net

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don't know if this wil help butI had problems installing VB6 apps on some computers in a Win2000 server network. Registry keys wouldn't update and DLL's wouldn't register, even using Run As Administrator. The only way I solved it was to give every user full rights - installed the software and then set the users back. Might be similar problems with .net

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if you install latest service pack (SP5.0) on your server and distribute it with your setup file , I'm 80% sure it will be running .I think no need to give your users full rights instead check wheather your policy prevents the users from installing programs.

Im not a tecchie - just a programmer but this site (10 computers) would not install my app on 6 of the 10 computers - I am sure they have the latest versions of everything as I work closely with the IT Company that maintains the site. I have DLL's that provide additional functionality to Outlook and Word - and they were not registered - even running Regsvr32 didn't help.
I got the tech out to set up everyone with total access to everything - installed the software for each user - working fine !!

Something odd in there !!

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Originally posted by pirate
did you try installing your app on your PC(that you're working on)?

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Yes. It works fine on my development computer and I even installed it and tested it on another WinXP Pro computer (same specs as development one).