Failed installation of W2k3 Server SP

Tried installing Windows Server 2003 SP1, but it freezes during install.
Windows Server 2003 SP1 is listed in the installed programs list, but it
isn't reflected in System
properties. So I'm guessing it is a partial, failed install.

Tried to remove it using add/remove programs - Errored out with "The system
can not find the specified file".

Tried to install SP2 to overcome this issue. When trying to install Windows
Server 2003 SP2 I receive an Error "Setup could not verify the integrity of
the update.inf.
Make sure the cryptographic service is running". I verified that it was
running.

Searched the Internet for the SP2 installation error. Saw lots of
suggestions to renam the %Systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 folder to
Catroot2.old and reboot. Did so; it
was recreated by Windows but it didn't fix the issue.

I tried creating a log during installation of SP2 using: update /verbose /er
/log:{specified path} /norestart

A log was not created at my specified path, but the Cabuild.log from the
Verbose switch was created in the Windows directory and the contents are
below.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
Cab Build Debug Log Begins *************************

LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: Source branches.inf is newer; using source.
LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: Using d:\chl\win2k3sp2\i386\update\branches.inf.
LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: BRANCHES_INF_OP_LOAD: Loading
d:\chl\win2k3sp2\i386\update\branches.inf ...
LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: BRANCHES_INF_OP_LOAD: Load succeeded.
InitInst: LoadOrInstallBranchesInf succeeded.
InitInst: LoadUpdateBrInf succeeded.
InitInst: LoadOrInstallBranchesInf succeeded.
InitInst: No inf for SP# 0.
InitInst: Using branch sp2rtm.
InitInst: g_BranchAware=TRUE.
InitInst: Using inf d:\chl\win2k3sp2\i386\update\update.inf.
FileInUse:: AppFileInUseDetect value is set as: 0
FileInUse:: ServiceFileInUseDetect value is set as: 0
ReadConfiguration: UseCache value is set as: 0
Leave issued: file =
d:\nt.x86fre\installer\pi_ws03_sp2\update\update\d oinst.c, line = 6768, ESP
= 0x0006bd20, EBP = 0x0006f3ac
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tried to unregister/reregister problem DLLs related to update process: At
the command prompt,

type the following commands, and press ENTER after each command:
regsvr32 /u softpub.dll
regsvr32 /u wintrust.dll
regsvr32 /u initpki.dll
regsvr32 /u dssenh.dll
regsvr32 /u rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 /u gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 /u sccbase.dll
regsvr32 /u slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 /u mssip32.dll
regsvr32 /u cryptdlg.dll

Restarted the Server.

At the command prompt, type the following commands, and press ENTER after
each command:
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 mssip32.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll

Tried to remove the Windows Server 2003 service pack 1 in Add/remove
programs, but still no luck.

[[Forwarded to WinServer General via crosspost]]


Bruce D wrote:
> Tried installing Windows Server 2003 SP1, but it freezes during install.
> Windows Server 2003 SP1 is listed in the installed programs list, but it
> isn't reflected in System
> properties. So I'm guessing it is a partial, failed install.
>
> Tried to remove it using add/remove programs - Errored out with "The
> system
> can not find the specified file".
>
> Tried to install SP2 to overcome this issue. When trying to install
> Windows
> Server 2003 SP2 I receive an Error "Setup could not verify the integrity
> of
> the update.inf.
> Make sure the cryptographic service is running". I verified that it was
> running.
>
> Searched the Internet for the SP2 installation error. Saw lots of
> suggestions to renam the %Systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 folder to
> Catroot2.old and reboot. Did so; it
> was recreated by Windows but it didn't fix the issue.
>
> I tried creating a log during installation of SP2 using: update /verbose
> /er
> /log:{specified path} /norestart
>
> A log was not created at my specified path, but the Cabuild.log from the
> Verbose switch was created in the Windows directory and the contents are
> below.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
> Cab Build Debug Log Begins *************************
>
> LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: Source branches.inf is newer; using source.
> LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: Using d:\chl\win2k3sp2\i386\update\branches.inf.
> LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: BRANCHES_INF_OP_LOAD: Loading
> d:\chl\win2k3sp2\i386\update\branches.inf ...
> LoadOrInstallBranchesInf: BRANCHES_INF_OP_LOAD: Load succeeded.
> InitInst: LoadOrInstallBranchesInf succeeded.
> InitInst: LoadUpdateBrInf succeeded.
> InitInst: LoadOrInstallBranchesInf succeeded.
> InitInst: No inf for SP# 0.
> InitInst: Using branch sp2rtm.
> InitInst: g_BranchAware=TRUE.
> InitInst: Using inf d:\chl\win2k3sp2\i386\update\update.inf.
> FileInUse:: AppFileInUseDetect value is set as: 0
> FileInUse:: ServiceFileInUseDetect value is set as: 0
> ReadConfiguration: UseCache value is set as: 0
> Leave issued: file =
> d:\nt.x86fre\installer\pi_ws03_sp2\update\update\d oinst.c, line = 6768,
> ESP
> = 0x0006bd20, EBP = 0x0006f3ac
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Tried to unregister/reregister problem DLLs related to update process: At
> the command prompt,
>
> type the following commands, and press ENTER after each command:
> regsvr32 /u softpub.dll
> regsvr32 /u wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 /u initpki.dll
> regsvr32 /u dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 /u rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 /u gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 /u sccbase.dll
> regsvr32 /u slbcsp.dll
> regsvr32 /u mssip32.dll
> regsvr32 /u cryptdlg.dll
>
> Restarted the Server.
>
> At the command prompt, type the following commands, and press ENTER after
> each command:
> regsvr32 softpub.dll
> regsvr32 wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 initpki.dll
> regsvr32 dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 sccbase.dll
> regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
> regsvr32 mssip32.dll
> regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
>
> Tried to remove the Windows Server 2003 service pack 1 in Add/remove
> programs, but still no luck.