Error during CF9 install on Windows 2000

It looks like their suggested manual install worked.  It completed installation and although I haven't fully tested it yet it appears to be running.

Here is how they said to do it manually.  It involves creating a "cf.properties" text file and running the installation exe from a command window.  Here are their instructions:

The trick is to do a silent install ( ColdFusion_9_WWE_win.exe is the downloaded installer from adobe.com)

C:\>ColdFusion_9_WWE_win.exe -i silent -f cf.properties

Contents of my cf.properties file


INSTALLER_UI=SILENT
SILENT_LICENSE_MODE=full
SILENT_SERIAL_NUMBER=
SILENT_INSTALLER_TYPE=standalone
SILENT_INSTALL_ODBC=true/false
SILENT_INSTALL_VERITY=true/false
SILENT_INSTALL_SAMPLES=true/false
SILENT_INSTALL_JNBRIDGE=true/false
SILENT_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\\ColdFusion9
SILENT_WEBROOT_FOLDER=C:\\ColdFusion9\\wwwroot
SILENT_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
SILENT_FLEX_ENABLED=true
SILENT_ENABLE_RDS=false

DISCLAIMER, this is totally unsupported and any issues that may arise are not supported by adobe.

Good luck!

Unfortunately I heard by from Adobe this AM and here is their response:

"Win2k is not supported with CF9, the systemreq's page is a mistake and will be rectified

However
If they want to run cf9 on win2k it is possible but totally unsupported, and if they do have any issues then these must be replicated on a supported platform before calling into support"

They also sent along an unsupported work-around that I could try.  I'll let you know if it works.

I just heard back from Adobe and their answer was to click on the "Ok" button to install the VC++ redistributable!!!  I had already said in my ticket that I had tried that AND I had tried installing by hand with no luck.

They also said that Windows 2000 server is not supported and they sent a spec sheet showing that.  I cut and pasted the System Requirements for CF 9.0 from the Adobe website showing that Win2k IS supported and sent that back with my response.   I am not optimistic that I'm going to get anything helpful.

The only thing different about my installation is that it is running on VMware server 2.0.  I don't think that is the issue here.  We run almost everything in VMware and don't have any compatibility issues.  I just installed CF 8.0 on a VMware box last night without any problem.

Good to know this issues isn't isolated to us.

The only thing out of the ordinary with our installation was that we had to choose a directory on our D drive to unpack the installer. We received a message that C did not contain enough space. I can't see how this would cause this issue but thought I'd put it out there.

If you hear anything back from Adobe please post it here.

I'm having exactly the same problem.  I've even done a ground-up install of Win2k Server with all patches (yes, including SP4 and the C++ library update) and I can't get past it.  I'm convinced this is a problem with the installation software not correctly identifying the version of C++ installed.  I opened a ticket with Adobe last week but never heard back.  HELP we are supposed to be deploying today!