SQL Server Setup failed to obtain system account information for the ASPNET Account….

June 19th, 2009 by ganton | Print

Today, during installation of MS SQL Server 2005 DE on my new work machine i ran into an installation error that stated “SQL Server Setup failed to obtain system account information for the ASPNET Account.To proceed, reinstall the .Net Framework, and then run SQL Server Setup again.”. And it even offer me to reinstall the .Net Framework and then to retry to install the MS SQl Server.

sql server installation problem asp.net account

Please do not follow this message directly if you have installed the .Net Framework. The problem in my case was that I have installed the framework on the machine but ASP.Net wasn’t installed. In other words you just need to run aspnet_regiis.exe with a switch –i. Then you can run iisreset in order to be sure that all changes have taken an effect. It will install the runtime and all other things and you can continue with the installation.

aspnet_regiis and iisreset

Enjoy your installation of MS SQL Server 2005 DE.

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2 Responses to “SQL Server Setup failed to obtain system account information for the ASPNET Account….”

  1. BOY Says:
    August 15th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    ho hoh THAKYOU

  2. Srinath Says:
    July 17th, 2010 at 11:37 am

    Thanks a lot,

    I faced the same problem and after applying your tip I am able to install SQL Server 2005 in my system successfully. It is really very handy solution.

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