How to install MOSS 2007 SP2 on Windows 7 RC (build 7100)

Although this is not a supported scenario, there is a way to install MOSS 2007 onto Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100). Here are the steps:

• Get the Installation Helper, created by Bamboo Nation.
• Get the MOSS 2007 installation media and extract it to a temporary folder on your hard drive
• Get the MOSS 2007 SP2 service pack: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082&displaylang=en
• Get the WSS 3.0 SP2 service pack: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B&displaylang=en

Now you need to slipstream the installation packages (if you try to run the installer without SP2 slipstreamed, you will be blocked (KB 962935)

https://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/05/08/install-moss-2007-wss-3-0-on-windows-server-2008-r2-you-will-need-sp2-slipstream.aspx

To create the slipstream package, follow the steps in https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx. Basically, you need to open a command prompt and execute the following commands:

• wssv3sp2-kb953338-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\TEMP\MOSS2007x64\Updates
• officeserver2007sp2-kb953334-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\TEMP\MOSS2007x64\Updates

Delete Wsssetup.dll because it may conflict with Svrsetup.dll. Having both Wsssetup.dll and Svrsetup.dll in the updates folder for a slipstreamed installation source is not supported.

Run the SetupLauncher from C:\Program Files (x86)\WssOnVista\Setup

Locate the setup.exe in your installation folder.

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 08, 2009
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• Anonymous
  June 10, 2009
  Thanks a lot! Appriciate your post.

• Anonymous
  June 26, 2009
  I did this on win 7 and on vista the install and configuration went fine but the "SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration" page comes up empty I checked the site in iis its all there. Any Idea what is wrong?

• Anonymous
  June 29, 2010
  Please make sure the your sharepoint setup is in C drive.

• Anonymous
  July 14, 2010
  Hi .... this link for only these operating system " Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 "

• Anonymous
  September 24, 2010
  Hi I have tried this solution but an error is displayed "Windows Server 2003 sp1" is required for this product.

• Anonymous
  May 10, 2011
  Ok, I did all instructions and I works... I made a CD with x86 and x64... but I suppose that microsoft is not interested in sharing such CD... I may add that I'm experiencing problems with Windows 7 Pro, because configuration crashes with: Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException and during installation, it says one upgrade was not installed... I will try to fix it