hello, im not doing so well my company has just bought the System essentials 2010 and when i am installing it it gives me an error that says "installation failed please check the event log to find the problem" i cant figure this event log out if anyone can help it would be fantastic i have tried this and it has failed on all 4 of our servers i would preferebly like to install this on 2003 r2 the log for it is below... thanks 08:28:03:EssentialsUpdateServer.Save() failed.: Threw Exception.Type: System.InvalidOperationException, Exception Error Code: 0x80131509, Exception.Message: The subscription cannot be modified because it is currently running. 08:28:03:StackTrace: at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.SoapExceptionProcessor.DeserializeAndThrow(SoapException soapException) at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.DatabaseAccess.AdminDataAccessProxy.SetSubscription(SubscriptionTableRow subscription, Guid[] categoryIds, Guid[] updateClassificationIds, String userName) at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Subscription.Save() at Microsoft.SystemCenter.Essentials.Configuration.UpdateServices.EssentialsUpdateServer.Save() 08:28:03:Unable to save Essentials Update Server settings 08:28:03:Running the PostProcessDelegate returned false. 08:28:03:System Center Essentials - VitalFailure. 08:28:03:Running the PostProcessDelegate for SCE failed.... This is a fatal item. Setting rollback. 08:28:03:VMMCLIENT - Start 08:28:03:Failure: Starting RollBack 08:28:03:Launching F:\Setup\AMD64\Server\sce.msi with arguments: REMOVE=ALL DROPMOMDB=1 DB_SIZE=1331 ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER="auto" ACTIONSPASSWORD="**********" ACTIONSDOMAIN="BURNS" SQLSVR_INSTANCE="TOMMY\ESSENTIALS" MOM_DB_SERVER="TOMMY\ESSENTIALS" MOMDATABASENAME=SystemCenterEssentials PID="02017-110-8022027-75197" DPID3="A4-00-00-00-03-00-00-00-30-32-30-31-37-2D-31-31-30-2D-38-30-32-32-30-32-37-2D-37-35-31-39-37-00-96-00-00-00-58-31-35-2D-36-37-30-34-39-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-99-B6-41-0F-48-33-0F-E9-72-53-57-3A-2A-88-01-00-00-00-00-00-D0-79-62-4E-05-BC-C4-58-03-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-4F-45-4D-49-44-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-5E-C2-7D-0A" DPID4="F8-04-00-00-04-00-00-00-30-00-32-00-30-00-31-00-37-00-2D-00-30-00-30-00-31-00-35-00-30-00-2D-00-31-00-31-00-30-00-2D-00-38-00-30-00-32-00-32-00-30-00-32-00-2D-00-30-00-33-00-2D-00-31-00-30-00-33-00-33-00-2D-00-33-00-37-00-39-00-30-00-2E-00-30-00-30-00-30-00-30-00-2D-00-32-00-34-00-36-00-32-00-30-00-31-00-31-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-64-00-34-00-31-00-31-00-61-00-63-00-38-00-38-00-2D-00-31-00-61-00-35-00-64-00-2D-00-34-00-35-00-34-00-30-00-2D-00-62-00-64-00-63-00-39-00-2D-00-30-00-36-00-63-00-65-00-63-00-35-00-66-00-61-00-61-00-30-00-63-00-38-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-4F-00-45-00-4D-00-49-00-44-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-56-00-6F-00-6C-00-75-00-6D-00-65-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-99-B6-41-0F-48-33-0F-E9-72-53-57-3A-2A-88-01-00-AE-72-39-71-AB-F4-BB-5B-51-81-FB-79-FB-AA-FD-2D-E3-86-D3-CD-24-D9-A7-9C-F7-63-16-89-5C-E1-3A-6A-C1-98-3F-EE-02-22-4F-9E-AE-A7-39-D7-5B-9E-B1-35-1D-18-E6-1A-87-62-09-50-58-81-E2-BE-B1-79-3F-FF-58-00-31-00-35-00-2D-00-36-00-37-00-30-00-34-00-39-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-56-00-6F-00-6C-00-75-00-6D-00-65-00-3A-00-47-00-56-00-4C-00-4B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-56-00-6F-00-6C-00-75-00-6D-00-65-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00" SKU="Select" SEND_CEIP_REPORTS=1 ENABLE_ERROR_REPORTING=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL QUEUE_ERROR_REPORTS=0 DATA_DIR="c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" LOG_DIR="c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" DB_DATA_DIR="c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" DB_LOG_DIR="c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" USERNAME="(IT)" COMPANYNAME="Burns SciTech" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\System Center Essentials" SPUPGRADE=0 SP1UPGRADE=0 ServerSKU=Select ProductVersion=7.0.2432.0 08:30:24:Finished installing F:\Setup\AMD64\Server\sce.msi. 08:30:24:MSI F:\Setup\AMD64\Server\sce.msi succeeded. 08:30:24:System Center Essentials - VitalFailure. 08:30:24:System Center Essentials installed. We will launch the post process delegate. 08:30:24:RemoveComponentsTracker: Could not find the registry key located at: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\System Center Essentials\2.0\Setup\Components 08:30:24:Failure: End RollBack

Hi, Regarding the error, please try the method in the following: SCE 2010 Install Fails at EssentialsConnection.GetUpdateServerConnection() failed http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/systemcenteressentials/thread/0dbe1693-d659-4161-a44c-a678600e23d5 Then, please perform the installation again by running the setup execution file with the option “Run as Administrator”. Hope this helps. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.