[mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7

[Jayesh Krishna]

Hi,
 Open a command prompt with administrator privileges (Right-click on command prompt icon and select "Run as administrator") and use the windows installer from command line to install MPICH2.
 To uninstall MPICH2 (It is recommended that you uninstall MPICH2 before installing a new version) run the following at the command prompt (with admin privileges),

   msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi

 To install MPICH2 run the following at the command prompt (with admin privileges),

   msiexec /i mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi

 Let us know if you still have problems.

(PS: Running msiexec at the command prompt should bring up the GUI for installing MPICH2.)

Regards,
Jayesh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherry Frese" <Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com>
To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:54:42 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7

I have been using MPICH2 on Windows XP (as well as under linux) for 
over 2 years.

I am now moving to Windows 7 on a new PC.  I have downloaded and 
installed the most recent MPICH2 for Windows and the install appears 
to have been OK.  However, the smpd refuses to install as a 
service.  smpd never shows up in the Task Manager's list of 
services.  I have run 'sc //hostname query smpd', and it says the 
'specified service does not exist as an installed service'.

I have redone the full install several times, under 2 different admin 
accounts (one of them named 'administator').  I have tried the 
explicit smpd -install as well (varying accounts, directory 
locations. etc.), and routinely receive the message:

OpenSCManager Failed:
Access is denied. (error 5)
Unable to remove  the previous installation, install failed.

If I try smpd -uninstall, I get the same OpenSCManager Failed... message.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated


----------------------------
Sherry Frese

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