"Unable Create Account for the Service" on Windows 2008

Danny Mayer mayer at gis.net
Wed Aug 11 19:12:07 UTC 2010


On 8/11/2010 1:13 PM, HelixGalaxy wrote:
> Hello all,
>  
> I have a fresh installation of Windows Server 2008 (not R2).
>  
> Trying to install BIND 9.7.1-P2 ver and when runing the installer,
> putting in the password, I get this error:
>  
> "Unable Create Account for the Service"
>  
> The installer just stops on this error and nothing is done.
>  
> I'm runing in Administration account, so I should have all permissions.
> I have tried to figure this out, but I'm lost. Haven't found any solution.
>  
> Maybe you have some for me???
>  
> Regards,
> Martin

It may work if you include the domain name as well as the name of the
account. I assume that you are installing on a domain controller which
has some other requirements when creating accounts. I never did get
around to looking at this issue.

Danny



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