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lagerdalek
Asked: 2015-11-24 20:04:33 +0800 CST

Windows Server 2012 R2, IIS won't install, no errors shown

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I have wasted nearly a day on this.

I have a fresh Windows Server 2012 R2, fully up to date, that I am trying to install IIS on.

I run the add Roles and Features wizard, select my required features, but the install fails without an error message.

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I am unable to find any logs or details to help me trouble shoot what could be wrong.

Task Details shows me nothing:

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Could someone please point me to somewhere that could explain my lack of success, or even better, let me know how to get IIS to install?

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4 Answers

  1. I had the exact same problem. Could not get any information about what was wrong. However from microsofts own guide there is an option for installing through cmd with:

      Start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-Security;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI

    For whatever reason this worked while the wizard did not.

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  2. I run into this error while trying to install Request Monitor feature of IIS. In order to troubleshoot it, I would recommend checking:

    • CBS logs (C:\Windows\Logs\CBS)
    • DISM logs (C:\Windows\Logs\DISM)
    • ApplicationHost.config file (C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config)
    • The output of Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth command
    • Procmon logs (Use Process Monitor tool)

    In my case Procmon logs showed PARSE_ERROR_INFO while reading applicationHost.config file which was corrupted. Reinstalling IIS solved the issue. 0x800f0922 Update IIS-RequestMonitor of package IIS-WebServer-Core-Package failed

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  3. Maybe trying to install IIS with PowerShell will give you a better error message:

    Install-WindowsFeature Web-Server

    Pascal

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  4. I recently ran into this problem at work. The issue was caused by a Microsoft security update. Specifically KB's 3098779 and 3097997 both cause this behavior. Uninstalling these updates corrected the issue for me.

    Here's the KB I used to resolve this issue. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118750

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