Windows Installer Error in W2K3

I'm trying to add a TS Application Server to my SBS2000 network, using
Windows 2003 Server SE. The setup of TS has gone fine - I've set up
publishing and can access it from clients on the LAN and from the the
internet. Great so far...

Now I'm trying to install some software on the server. I'm using the white
paper and have started off by trying to install the Office 2000 Resource
Kit, before installing Office 2000.

I go into Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and select the setup.exe file
in the OF2000RK folder and get this error message:

The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you
are running Windows in safe mode or Windows Installer is not correctly
installed. Contact your support personnel for assisitance.

Obviously I've made sure that I'm not running in safe mode but I'm not sure
what else to try. Thanks. Jon

Jonny
Fri Nov 28 03:25:35 CST 2003

I managed to sort this problem by giving the SYSTEM account full access to
the root of C:\

"Jonny Yen" <thomas.magnumNOSPAM@NOSPAMbtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to add a TS Application Server to my SBS2000 network, using
> Windows 2003 Server SE. The setup of TS has gone fine - I've set up
> publishing and can access it from clients on the LAN and from the the
> internet. Great so far...
>
> Now I'm trying to install some software on the server. I'm using the
white
> paper and have started off by trying to install the Office 2000 Resource
> Kit, before installing Office 2000.
>
> I go into Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and select the setup.exe file
> in the OF2000RK folder and get this error message:
>
> The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if
you
> are running Windows in safe mode or Windows Installer is not correctly
> installed. Contact your support personnel for assisitance.
>
> Obviously I've made sure that I'm not running in safe mode but I'm not
sure
> what else to try. Thanks. Jon
>
>