W2K SP4 ism.dll error

[Sheila Krzeslak]

I also would like the answer to that problem. I had a
similar experience last week installing SP4 to W2k
server. Except it aborted because it was missing a
required file: ism.dll. Then reverted to the archived
settings. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[John Barker]

Sorry, no answers, just the same problem. The first
message says "SP4iis - Required dll not found", then, when
I OK that message, I get "Failed to remove ism.dll script
mappings" - then it all rolls back. This has occurred
three times now ....

 

[Guest]

Time for Microsoft to fix it, I have the same problem but did not archive the files... I now have a mixed updated AD controller, which probably will not startup anymore on reboot ... Also tried it several times...

----- John Barker wrote: -----

Sorry, no answers, just the same problem. The first
message says "SP4iis - Required dll not found", then, when
I OK that message, I get "Failed to remove ism.dll script
mappings" - then it all rolls back. This has occurred
three times now ....

 

[johnchirite]

Actually, after not finding anyone else whose solution worked for me,
I've determined that the missing DLL is
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll. I copied this file from another
WIN2K/SP3 machine and then was able to complete the SP4 installation
without incident. Hope this may help others.