Setup failed to start

Yesterday I ran into this error message while installing a new SQL Server 2005 instance on a Windows 2003 cluster: Setup failed to start on the remote machine. Check the Task scheduler event log on the remote machine. SQL Server 2005 setup, in a clustered environment, relies on a remote setup process started on the passive nodes through a scheduled task: For some weird reason, the remote scheduled task refuses to start if there is an active RDP session on the passive nodes. [Read More]