W2KSP4 install problem

When installing SP4 for a W2K Pro I get a message with the
title "sp4iis" and the body "Unable to connect to
metabase." Only option is OK and after that I get a new
message with the same title but with the body "Setup
failed to remove ism.dll script mappings. Service Pack
Setup will abort."

SP4 proceeds to uninstall itself cleanly. And system re-
boots. No other problem.

Happened both with Express and Network Installs.

I had the exact same problem.
I had the following users in "Computer Management - Local
Users and Groups - Users" disabled:
IUSR_servername
IWAM_servername
TSINTERNETUSER
However, on our production web servers, we have these
accounts either disabled or renamed. Or we rely on Active
Directory accounts. We are unsure of how applying SP4 will
effect our environment/permissions or why SP4 seems to
rely on these accounts. I have been in contact with MS and
they are apparently looking into it.
I wouldn't install SP4 onto any IIS servers right now, if
I were you.



>-----Original Message-----
>When installing SP4 for a W2K Pro I get a message with
the
>title "sp4iis" and the body "Unable to connect to
>metabase." Only option is OK and after that I get a new
>message with the same title but with the body "Setup
>failed to remove ism.dll script mappings. Service Pack
>Setup will abort."
>
>SP4 proceeds to uninstall itself cleanly. And system re-
>boots. No other problem.
>
>Happened both with Express and Network Installs.
>.
>

I'm having the same problems, however this is on one of my domain
controllers. I upgraded 11 DCs all with IIS installed with no problems. This
one just craps out, however. I get a regsvr32.exe error and a metadata error
and it's over. I have since demoted the DC just in case the server bombs
completely and I have to reinstall from scratch. I have none of the computer
management problems described below after the demotion and obviously none
before. Any answers out there that can resolve this?

bJ


"AB" <AB@nospam.ca> wrote in message
news:0a6a01c34235$27435590$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I had the exact same problem.
> I had the following users in "Computer Management - Local
> Users and Groups - Users" disabled:
> IUSR_servername
> IWAM_servername
> TSINTERNETUSER
> However, on our production web servers, we have these
> accounts either disabled or renamed. Or we rely on Active
> Directory accounts. We are unsure of how applying SP4 will
> effect our environment/permissions or why SP4 seems to
> rely on these accounts. I have been in contact with MS and
> they are apparently looking into it.
> I wouldn't install SP4 onto any IIS servers right now, if
> I were you.
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When installing SP4 for a W2K Pro I get a message with
> the
> >title "sp4iis" and the body "Unable to connect to
> >metabase." Only option is OK and after that I get a new
> >message with the same title but with the body "Setup
> >failed to remove ism.dll script mappings. Service Pack
> >Setup will abort."
> >
> >SP4 proceeds to uninstall itself cleanly. And system re-
> >boots. No other problem.
> >
> >Happened both with Express and Network Installs.
> >.
> >