Resolution. Depending on the issue, use one or all of the following methods: Method 1: Unregister and re-register Windows Installer. Method 2: Verify the DCOM permissions. Method 3: Give Full Control permission to the SYSTEM account. Method 4: Verify the registry permissions. Method 5: Fix the broken security key for the MsiServer service.

Fixes an issue in which an ArgumentNullException exception occurs when the Web service processes a null stream response with asynchronous HTTP handlers in a .NET Framework 2.0 SP2-based application that calls an ASP.NET Web service.