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Xtort
Inspiring
March 21, 2008
Question

Can't start MX7 on Windows 2003

  • March 21, 2008
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I have installed MX7 on loads of windows 2000 server boxes, and never had an issue. I am now trying to install on Windows Server 2003 and the service wont start. It gives me an error.

Here is what I have loaded on the box.

Windows 2003 server with SP2
MSSQL 2005
McAffee AntiVirus
Cold Fusion MX7

Has anyone else had these issues? Any ideas?

-Paul
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Newsgroup_User
Inspiring
March 21, 2008
Xtort wrote:
> I have installed MX7 on loads of windows 2000 server boxes, and never had an
> issue. I am now trying to install on Windows Server 2003 and the service wont
> start. It gives me an error.

Standard warnings of make sure no firewall or anti-virus is active
during the install, especially Window's built-in ones. They tend to
deny the ports required for CF to install itself. With 2003 being more
strict about denying until asked otherwise as opposed to 2000 and
earlier versions more laze-fair allow until told otherwise policies.





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XtortAuthor
Inspiring
March 22, 2008
So if I uninstall the anti virus and try to install again it might take you think? Or is it a more fundamental security "feature" in win2003 that is the problem?

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XtortAuthor
Inspiring
March 22, 2008
Well removing the AV first and installing didn't work. I can install using the built in web server on port 8500 and it works fine, but not when I use IIS. There must be a security setting in the IIS. Do I need to manually add the .cfm extension? Where do I point it if I do?
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Oğuz Demirkapı
Participating Frequently
March 21, 2008
What is the error?

Have you checked the ColdFusion logs for the details?
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XtortAuthor
Inspiring
March 21, 2008
It is in a "Services" window and it says:

"Windows could not start the ColdFusion MX 7 Application Server on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 2."

Ever seen that one? I am going to remove McAffee to see if that helps, but to be honest I use that AV on all my servers in win2k and never had a problem before. I'm a bit stumped.

Thanks for the help!!

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