Article ID: 893652 - Last Review: November 27, 2007 - Revision: 2.6 You receive a "Setup encountered an error and could not continue" error message when you try to upgrade an SMS 2003 Advanced Client to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/
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Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry SYMPTOMSWhen you try to upgrade a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Advanced Client to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), the following
error is logged in the Ccmsetup.log file: Installation failed with error code 1603 Setup Aborted Setup failed Setup encountered an error and could not continue. Action start 23:14:32: SmsValidateProductVersion.
[23:14:32] WARNING: Failed to get the version info for product {D8EF2D11-47CF-45E5-B423-47B29706DE12} (1608).
Windows Installer may contain invalid product registrations.CAUSEThis problem occurs if the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-
5-18 subkey is removed from the SMS 2003 Advanced Client. This subkey contains information about SMS 2003 Advanced Client configuration. For more information about how the S-1-5-18 subkey could be deleted, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 890212
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890212/
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"This application must be installed before you can use it" error message when you try to start a program that was installed by using Windows Installer in Windows 2000
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem for future installations of the SMS 2003 Advanced Client, install the hotfix that is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 890212. In some instances, you can repair the installation of SMS 2003 Advanced Client. However, we cannot guarantee that you can successfully repair a damaged installation of SMS 2003 Advanced Client. Therefore, we recommend that you remove and then reinstall the Advanced Client on affected computers. To try to repair the installation of SMS 2003 Advanced Client, follow these steps on the SMS 2003 Advanced Client:
For more information about how to remove the Advanced Client, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 826842
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826842/
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How to remove a Systems Management Server 2003 client
If software distribution does not work correctly on the damaged SMS 2003 Advanced Client, you can remotely remove the damaged Advanced Client. To do this, use one of the following tools to remotely run the Ccmclean.exe program:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sms/bb676787.aspx
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sms/bb676787.aspx)
To use the PsExec program and the Ccmclean.exe program to remotely remove the Advanced Client, follow these steps.Note You must have administrator permissions on the Advanced Client. Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
890212
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890212/
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"This application must be installed before you can use it" error message when you try to start a program that was installed by using Windows Installer in Windows 2000
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