SharePoint 2013 install fails with error 1603 everytime...it cannot be done

My challenge is to install SharePoint 2013 SP1 server on Windows 2012R2 Server with SQL Server 2014 as the database. All on one server. All of my attempts have so far failed to get over the insta...

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aselimagic
Nov 13, 2019
@Trevor Seward @Steve Knutson

Finally solved this problem. It appears the MSI - oserver.msi was having an issue with compatibility (i assume windows). I downloaded another copy of SharePoint SP1 from MSDN and copied the oserver.MSI package into my initial installation (extracted ISO). I tried just the new copy of the install from MSDN that failed, and the old one also failed on it's own. BUT, the install worked when i replaced this whole "global" directory.

New MSI was created on 2.10.2012 and the one i had was newer - created on 25.01.2014.
For some reason the installation did not like this newer version of the oserver.MSI

Dean_Gross

Silver Contributor

Oct 31, 2019

I'm curious, why do you want to install software that is no longer supported by MS?

aselimagic
Copper Contributor
Oct 31, 2019
Hi there Dean_Gross

We need to migrate up to 2019 - but can't go straight from 2010 to 2019. So here we are 🙂
- Dean_Gross
  Silver Contributor
  Oct 31, 2019
  UGGH, you have my sympathy 🙂
  I would recommend keeping the SQL and SP on separate machines to help upgrade performance.
  - aselimagic
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 31, 2019
    Dean_Gross
    yeah that's my life. not to say i needed an installation error at the very beginning...

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