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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS V3.0) “Language is not supported on the server” Installation Error
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Recently I was creating a new virtual machine with just Visual Studio 2005 and just Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS V3.0) not SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007). I took the virtual server that I had already setup with SharePoint Server 2007, SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 and uninstalled SharePoint Server 2007.
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Next, I ran the install for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS V3.0) followed by the
SPT Configuration Wizard. During the second task when the configuration databases were being
created an error was thrown. After a few tries and receiving the same error I noticed that the
databases were being created in SQL Server and the administration websites weren’t being created. I
looked through the log file and found where the exception was occurring by doing a search for
exception in the file. I found the following lines in the diagnostic log:
"Task configdb has failed with an unknown exception
Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The language is not supported on the server."
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After doing a Google search on the internet I found this
article on Matthew
Cosier's Blog via this
article on Marwan
Tarek's blog.
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The article states that when either SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is
uninstalled from a server the ServerLanguage registry value is removed as well. To fix the problem
you need to restore the ServerLanguage registry value. To do this open a new notepad file and paste
the following into the document:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\ServerLanguage]
"1033"=""
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Save the file as fixlanguage.reg and then upload the document somewhere on the server and
then double click to run the file from the server location. Click “Ok” on the two messages that
appear and you will be ready to reinstall SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Make sure to go into SQL Server and delete the databases that have been created before you attempt
the install again.
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Note that the 1033 value is for the English language version of SharePoint. If you are having this problem
on a server that is a different language then you will need to substitute 1033 with the appropriate value
for the language you are installing.
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