CF9 upgrade install problem

Question

We are upgrading from CF8 standard to CF9 standard.  Configuring the administartor hangs at the importing of previous settings each time.  It is on a windows server 2003 virtual machine.  Any suggestions on getting past this hurdle?

Answer 1

Ah, ok. (And I see you later wrote that you resolved things.) For the sake of others who may see this thread, I had written all the below before seeing that.
As for the import on the upgrade not working in CF 9, there is indeed a fix for that:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/527/cpsid_52797.html
Not sure if it's your problem specifically, had you perhaps applied that? Or the updater (more below).
As for this hotfix, I find it interesting that it is NOT listed in the Cumulative Hotfix (CHF1) for CF9:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/825/cpsid_82536.html
Now, we would assume that it IS included in the CF 9 Updater 1 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/847/cpsid_84723.html, which brings you to CF 9.0.1), but it's not listed in the list of things fixed:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/847/cpsid_84726.html
I found that hard to believe, so I searched the page for the phrase "import", and indeed I find that it references a different issue: 80509 (the one above is 52797).
So yes, updating to 9.0.1 will also fix this issue.
Curiously, though, if someone wanted to stay on CF 9.0, that different bug number is ALSO NOT listed in the CHF 1 for CF9 (and there's no reference to any issue related to "import"). And to be clear, the page I offer above linking to the CHF for CF9 is definitely not mistakenly the CFH 1 for 9.0.1 (which is at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html, and oddly though the file names are the same, the paths are different).
But again, @lsandell2, you can certainly apply the one hotfix (first one above) manually to 9.0 (not needed for 9.0.1, it seems).
Finally, speaking of all the updaters, hotifixes, and CHFs, if anyone's wondering: no, even if you download CF9 today, you DO NOT get those. You get the base version of CF 9.0, and need to apply these after that. If you want to go from a fresh install of CF9 to the latest, you would need to a) get and install CF9, then b) get and install the CF9 updater (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/847/cpsid_84723.html), and then c) apply the CHF 1 for 9.0.1 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html).
People often moan, "why does Adobe make us go through all that", but the problem for them is that they would have to recertify the new build on all the operating systems and web servers they support. I realize it may seem a lame excuse, but it is what it is. To their credit, I notice that they do at least offer a clear indication of the available 9.0.1 updater at the top of the page where one would download CF (at least the trial and dev editions) at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=coldfusion, which link may require that you log in to see it.)  Sadly, I see nothing like that on the buy page:
https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&view=ols_prod&category=/Appl ications/ColdFusionE&distributionMethod=FULL&nr=0#view=ols_prod&loc=en_us&category=/Applic ations/ColdFusionE&store=OLS-US
Anyway, let us know if the above helps you, Lsandell2.
/charlie