Cannot Install Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1 on Small Business Server 4.5 (327688)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2000

This article was previously published under Q327688

SYMPTOMS

If you try to install Small Business Server (SBS) 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) either from the Web or the SBS 2000 SP1 CD, you may receive the following error message when you run the SBSSetup.exe utility:
X\SP1Setup.EXE is not a valid Windows NT application.
where X is the drive letter and path to the folder to which the service pack files were extracted.

NOTE: You receive this error message only on SBS 4.0 or 4.5 servers.

When you run the UpdateSBS.msi utility either from the SBS 2000 SP1 CD or the Web, you may receive the following error messages:
To install Small Business Server Service Pack 1 run SP1Setup.exe
When you click OK, you receive the following error message:
Unsuccessful Installation

An error occurred while installing the Service Pack. Rerun this wizard.

To close this wizard, click Finish.
If you run the Update.exe utility either from the SBS 2000 SP1 CD or the Web, you may receive the following error message:
The procedure entry point SetSecurityDescriptorControl could not be located in the dynamic link library ADVAPI32.dll.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because you cannot install the SBS 2000 Service Pack 1 Web download on SBS 4.0 or 4.5.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, upgrade to SBS 2000 before you upgrade to SBS 2000 SP1.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

326924 How to Obtain Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1

326928 HOW TO: Upgrade SBS 2000 to Service Pack 1 by Using the Upgrade Pack

326914 HOW TO: Upgrade Small Business Server 2000 to Small Business Server 2000 SP 1 by Using the Web


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/13/2002
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb kbUpgrade KB327688