Error message when you install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: "System.Exception: Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Server.InstallConfigDatabaseAction failed"

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SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, you receive the following error message:

System.Exception: Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Server.InstallConfigDatabaseAction failed. ---> Microsoft.Crm.CrmArgumentException: Invalid domain name. Domain name is either invalid or unreachable. --->

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RESOLUTION

This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

949256 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949256/ ) Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 updates and hotfixes

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/ ) Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

887283 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887283/ ) Microsoft Business Solutions CRM software hotfix and update package naming standards

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