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SharePoint 2013 install fails with error 1603 everytime...it cannot be done
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
Hi there Dean_Gross
We need to migrate up to 2019 - but can't go straight from 2010 to 2019. So here we are 🙂
I would recommend keeping the SQL and SP on separate machines to help upgrade performance.
yeah that's my life. not to say i needed an installation error at the very beginning...
- SharePoint 2013 SP1 and SQL 2014 are fully supported.
Are you using a SharePoint 2013 *with* SP1 ISO you've downloaded from MSFT? Slipstreaming yourself won't work.
Also, 1603 is a generic MSI error. You need to add voicwarmupx to get more details from the MSI logs which will be in %TMP% - https://support.microsoft.com/help/223300/how-to-enable-windows-installer-logging.So i added the registry entry for Installer logging - but nothing new is logged?
I do see some older logs there and one of them says for my troublesome MSI - oserver.msi is incompatible
Then i tried to set the compatibility and only option is - Compatible with previous Windows versions - none to be selected. What? But then installation fails anyways with the same error.
I saw this article but not sure if this is the right way forward and how safe can it be: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/how-to-change-the-compatibility-setting-of-msi/3e803835-9655-48cd-a945-08ecc0327b21
