WSUS Install Problems

Iam having trouble installing WSUS on my windows 2003 server. It was
instaled and working fine until my workmate had the brilliant idea of
changing the drive letter that it was installed on and since then its all
gone to hell. I managed to uninstall it ok, but iam getting the following
error log when i try to reinstall:

2006-03-24 08:57:29 Success MWUSSetup WSUS Server Setup Started.
2006-03-24 08:57:29 Success MWUSSetup Parsing command line
arguments
2006-03-24 08:57:29 Success MWUSSetup WSUS Setup: Performing
Install
2006-03-24 08:57:30 Success MWUSSetup Validating pre-requisites
2006-03-24 08:57:31 Success MWUSSetup .Net framework SP1 is
detected on this machine
2006-03-24 08:57:31 Success MWUSSetup Creating WSUS registry key
2006-03-24 08:57:31 Success MWUSSetup Initializing installation
details
2006-03-24 08:57:31 Success MWUSSetup Initializing wizard
2006-03-24 08:57:44 Error MWUSSetup Failed to load C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$BKUPEXECDL\Binn\sqlboot.dll (Error
0x8007007E: The specified module could not be found.)
2006-03-24 08:57:44 Error MWUSSetup GetSqlFlavor failed (Error
0x8007007E: The specified module could not be found.)
2006-03-24 08:57:44 Error MWUSSetup Failed to determine Sql
type of instance. Assuming it to be SQL... (Error 0x8007007E: The specified
module could not be found.)
2006-03-24 08:58:08 Success MWUSSetup Installing ASP.Net
2006-03-24 08:58:24 Success MWUSSetup Asp.Net is installed
successfully
2006-03-24 08:58:24 Success MWUSSetup ASP.Net is installed
successfully
2006-03-24 08:58:24 Success MWUSSetup MSXML2 is already
installed on this machine
2006-03-24 08:58:24 Success MWUSSetup Installing WMSDE
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Error MWUSSetup WMSDE Installation Failed
(Error 0x80070643: Fatal error during installation.)
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Error MWUSSetup InstallWMSDE Failed (Error
0x80070643: Fatal error during installation.)
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Error MWUSSetup Installation of WMSDE
failed (Error 0x80070643: Fatal error during installation.)
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Error MWUSSetup PerformInstall failed
(Error 0x80070643: Fatal error during installation.)
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Success MWUSSetup Rolling back Installation
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Success MWUSSetup WSUS Server installation
failed. You can look at C:\Program Files\Update
Services\LogFiles\WSUSMSDESetup_060324_0858.log file to determine the cause
of the failure
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Error MWUSSetup Failed to copy
Setup\UninstallHelper.exe to
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1.PNB\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\Uninstall Helper.exe (Error
0x80070003: The system cannot find the path specified.)
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Success MWUSSetup Insert string: %1 For more
information, see the Setup logs "%2" and "%3" .
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Success MWUSSetup szErrorType: Microsoft
Windows Server Update Services could not install Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Desktop Engine.
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Success MWUSSetup ErrorLog: C:\Program
Files\Update Services\LogFiles\WSUSMSDESetup_060324_0858.log
2006-03-24 08:58:26 Success MWUSSetup StringObtained: Microsoft
Windows Server Update Services could not install Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Desktop Engine. For more information, see the Setup logs "C:\Program
Files\Update Services\LogFiles\WSUSMSDESetup_060324_0858.log" and "C:\Program
Files\Update Services\LogFiles\

so it looks like its having trouble installing the SQL Desktop engine. I
have done many searches for possible fixes including using the MSIZap
utilitty but still with no luck, anyone got any suggestions?
thanks

Hi,

Fyi:

Please post WSUS related issues to the newsgroup dedicated to WSUS:

microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services


MS WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...pdate_services



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