Well first I want to say thank you to all that replied. I finally figured out the issue. Windows Server 2012 has the .Net Framework 4 installed by default. Jenkins needs the 3.5 Framework. Once I installed the 3.5 framework, things installed perfectly. Hope this helps other users in the future.
On Sunday, November 25, 2012 9:26:07 PM UTC-5, Drew Mace wrote: > > I'm trying to install Jenkins on a Windows Server 2012 Standard edition > box but hit a snag - I am getting an error: Service 'Jenkins' (Jenkins) > failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start > system services. I ran the installer as administrator (elevated privs). > Anyone have any ideas what i could try?