Issue : When you install presentation server you get the error “Could not start IMA Service in CTX_MF_IMA_StartIMAService” and the installation rolls back after attempting to start the IMA service. This happens when you are trying to join an existing farm.

The following error appears in the event viewer:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10005
Date: 2004-05-13
Time: 00:38:49
User: N/A
Computer: %COMPUTER NAME%

Resolution : When you get this error it means there is some sort of problem with the datastore or communication with the datastore. Either your datastore has become very large or the connection to the datastore is slow (Over a WAN?) When you install presentation server there is a timeout value that the installer uses in order to wait for a service to start, We can increase this value so the installer waits longer for the service to start.

To make this change we need to edit the registry. Using regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ServicesPipeTimeout and create the following value.

Name: ServicesPipeTimeout
Type: DWORD
Value: Decimal: 600000 (This value is milliseconds is equal to 10 minutes. You can reduce this if you need to.)

Restart the server and begin the installation of MetaFrame.