Adobe Indesign Server 4 Failed to start

Question

Hi All,
I have a big problem.
Finally we got access to download Adobe Indesign Server 4 Debug Version, but after installation, failed to start?!
Environment:
1, VMWare Guest System (2G Memory)
2, WIndows 2003 Server 32bit
3, Installation was good and we tried to run: InDesignServer.com in command line and it says:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4 Server Debug>InDesignServer.com
The system cannot execute the specified program.
and when we run this from window:
Further more, I can see below message in Event Viewer:
Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    SideBySide
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    59
Date:        7/7/2009
Time:        10:34:31 PM
User:        N/A
Computer:    INDESIGN
Description:
Generate Activation Context failed for C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS4 Server Debug\InDesignServer.exe. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Any help is much appreciated!!!!
Thanks,
xin

Answer 1

I don't have a server at hand right now ( that machine is busy with an OSX install, on a different partition ) but you could start by looking for any Adobe document that even mentions VC++ 2008.
In other words, at least for the desktop version of CS4 the oficial compiler is the VC 2005 SP1 .
Express should be no problem, I use it myself: "VS80sp1-KB926748-X86-INTL.exe"
You'll also need the matching Windows SDK. Watch out for something labeled "5.2.3790.2075.51.PlatformSDK_Svr2003R2_rtm.dmg"
Hth,
Dirk
Afterthought: funny that this thread always pops up when my experimental machine is busy ;-)