sql server reporting services: Trouble installing SP1 and SP2 -- sql server reporting services

Trouble installing SP1 and SP2

Joe
9/22/2005 10:43:02 AM

sql server reporting services: I'm trying to install the Reporting Services service pack SP1 but the install
shield just hangs - after a couple of hours I've had to cancel the install.
Has anyone else experienced a problem with SP1 install. I've installed many
times before on different machines without a problem, I don't know why
suddenly SP1 install is a problem. I tried also the command line install but
this did not work. This is also happening with SP2 (on the same machine -

RE: Trouble installing SP1 and SP2

Joe
9/22/2005 1:54:03 PM

I later added logging , the SP1 install gets as far as ServiceControl W3SV2
and then nothing - everything stops. Everything is out of the box as far as
configuration settings go. I'm running on Windows XP Professional.

Install gets this far and then nothing...

MSI (s) (60:90) [16:44:36:439]: Executing op:
ServiceControl(,Name=W3SVC,Action=2,,)

Please can someone help.
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RE: Trouble installing SP1 and SP2

Joe
9/22/2005 2:16:03 PM

OK - I found the answer. I went into Administrative tools, Services and took
a look at the World Wide Wed Publishing Service dependencies. On this
particular machine there was a dependancy to an application called NovaView
Intelligence Server. I changed that service to manual load, tried the install
again and hey presto... (it worked).

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