I made an in place upgrade from Windows Server 2025 26257 to latest Windows Server 2025 26280. But unfortunately it seems some WSEE Files or Services had been deleted. Link to dashboard cant find target because it dashboard.exe is gone. But I cant reinstallation of WSEE-Setup.ps1 because it ends up in an error. See pic attached. May Someone help me to modify the script so that it reinstalls WSEE although it has been run before? Thank you.
No help.... server 2025 essential need clean install Others scenario fails And bad idea to use previews build stay on 26100 stable build of server 2025
26100 had too many problems for me. Beginning with shadow copy service to windows update or windows defender...
I was able to deactivate the check of past instsll in WSEE-Setup.ps1 Script. After rerun of the script I was able to start dashboard again but some Services or so are missing, no users, no devices anymore. Unfortunately EssentialsRoleConfigWizard.exe did not reinstall everything missing but ends up asap with Information that essentials is already installed. I dont know if there is a way to completely rerun EssentialsRoleConfigWizard.exe when it ran before to reinstall everything. So I made a clean reinstallation of Windows server 2025 and WSEE-Setup now.
trying to install WSEE on 2019 essentials new hardware, new install, separate vlan (trying to replace 2016 server, domain name would be the same) 1st boot run script reboots into domain user, run exe reboots again into domain user, run exe, windows server did not install msg i did manage to install WSEE on 2019 on an SSD 2 weeks ago as i was experimenting before my new hardware arrived i connected the SSD to my new hardware, WSEE seems to be working doing image backup & restore to nvme drive maybe can finally move forward...
no, the version on my SSD looked it was working, but wasn't i did a fresh install of 2019 essentials on my new hardware nvme drive (consumer MB x570), windows updates, resolved all unknown hardware issues WSEE install goes through reboot (run installer from system32), however, after 2nd boot, not installed, and running install from system32 fails
i have been using 17763.737.190906-2324.rs5_release_svc_refresh_SERVERESSENTIALS_OEM_x64FRE_en-us_1.iso i have bypassed entering a key, should i enter the 6 month product key? drivers for nvme are there, but there are a bunch of AMD PCI devices that i needed to manually find the drivers
Someone here using WSEE on latest Windows Server 2025? I always get this Update Problem and it seems that this occurs only on WSEE Machine and not standalone Windows Server 2025. Whatever I tried, I am not able to solve this.
back to 2019 1 more time fresh install to SATA HD - entered default essentials key ran script ran .exe - fails not sure what i am missing??
@Mark Kaye : Maybe if you explain more detailed what you do and what went wrong, someomeone can help. Your very short message dont help me to understand. Why are you going back to 2019?
i am running server 2016 - corrupted, no updates in 4 yrs, tried a multitude of fixes - nothing helped bought new hardware - AMD5700, 64MB RAM, 2TB nvme to replace my 10yr old stuff i can do a new install of 2016, but thought that updating for a bit for longer support was a good thing i want to keep the essentials experience as that is what i have been using for years - started with WHS, 2008, 2012 etc i am a 1 man company and don't want to spend all my time as a system admin, know just enough to be dangerous so, new install of 2019 essentials to SATA HD (nvme has new 2016 install, i'll overwrite if i can get 2019 to work) run script to install WSE - seems OK computer restarts, WSE not completely installed run exe still broke
essentialsroleconfigwizard.exe finished or gives an error? Its hard to give some support if xou only give few Information.
essentialsroleconfigwizard.exe starts preparing your server - OK next and msg says WSE didn't install correctly, check event viewer etc, etc
I tried and succeeded a clean install of Windows server 2025 snd WSEE using the script. First I installed Windows server 2025. After this is finished: Second I started WSEE Install script. This installs some roles, the dashboard and restarts the PC. After this restart essentialsroleconfigwizard.exe starts automatically. You have to set some setting for domain Administrator or time/date. PC restarts automatically BUT although it seems everything is finished, the Installation is NOT completely finished. Dashboard can not be started. You now have to restart essentialsroleconfigwizard.exe. Doing this it will give an error that it can not be finished successfully. Just wait (about 15 Minutes) and restart essentialsroleconfigwizard.exe again. Now it will finish and give notification for succes. Now everything is fine and you can start dashboard.
i left it at the error msg it rebooted by itself i tried running the exe again, but it said everything was duplicated, i cancelled WSE runs now!! thanks - now install again on nvme drive...