PRB: Application Center 2000 Installation Fails with Wait Operation Timed Out When You Set MSDE Security (279099)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Application Center 2000
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE)

This article was previously published under Q279099

SYMPTOMS

When you install Application Center 2000, the installation may fail with a Windows Installer error 2501.1. The Application Center 2000 setup log file (Setup.log in the Winnt folder) contains the following error log entries:
MSI (s) (50:B8): Executing op: ActionStart(Name=SetMSDESecurity,,) Action 19:09:06: SetMSDESecurity.

MSI (s) (50:B8): Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=SetMSDESecurity,ActionType=1025,Source=BinaryESec,Target=SetMSDESecurity,)

MSI (s) (50:B8): Creating MSIHANDLE (192) of type 790536 for thread 1464 Error 25011. An error occurred while performing the task.Error setting SQL Server 2000 Runtime (MSDE) security mode. 0x00000102 - The wait operation timed out.
Action ended 19:10:44: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.

CAUSE

This error appears to be a SQL 2000 Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) problem. This problem rarely occurs and the cause of the problem is not known.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, reinstall Application Center 2000.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/23/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB279099 kbAudDeveloper