"Could Not Load Type System.Int32 from Assembly Microsoft.SharePoint" Error Message When You Install Windows SharePoint Services (828773)

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services on a server that is running Microsoft Windows Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta, or on a server that has certain Microsoft Visual Studio hotfixes installed, you may receive the following error message:

Could not load type System.Int32 from assembly Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublickKeyToken=.

Additionally, an event error message that has a description that is similar to the following is logged to the application event log:

Could not load type System.Int32 from Microsoft.SharePoint.dll?

As a result, the installation of Windows SharePoint Services does not complete successfully.

CAUSE

This issue occurs in situations when there is an issue with the common language runtime component of Microsoft .NET Framework and a build tool that is used by Windows SharePoint Services and Windows Server 2003 SP1 Beta, and this issue prevents Windows SharePoint Services Setup from completing successfully.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, install the hotfix that is documented in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the server, and then install Windows SharePoint Services:

828295 FIX: Error message: Security Exception: PermissionToken index does not match index into m_unrestrictedPermSet

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.asp