BaDaB00M 0 Posted February 27, 2003 Has anybody worked with the Winstall lite that comes on the Win2k Server CD? I get it to work for some applications but not others. It's weird because it is some of the more simple programs that are causing problems. I just decided to do a test with some simple freeware, like trillian. Everything is fine until Windows Installer tries to install it. (2000 domain, WinXP client) I get errors like these: Error 1406. Could not write value VersionMinor to key UNKNOWN\Products\4D2506DAF3AD3C347A284BB1178E618C\InstallProperties Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. and Error 1406. Could not write value VersionMinor to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AD6052D4-DA3F-43C3-A782-B41B71E816C8}. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. I am logged on as administrator when this happens, though it is supposed to work for any user. This is just an example of the of errors that I am getting with it for a few different programs though they all look very similar. I looked around on MS technet site, but didn't help much. I don't understand why I would get this from such simple install programs. I just need pointed in the right direction, or how to interpret these errors. It must be something wrong with the snapshot because I can click ignore and the program finishes its install and works fine afterwards. However, I cannot assign it to a machine if it has errors in it so I still have to figure out how to fix the install... Tried editing the .msi file to see if I could take out any registry keys that are unrelated to the program. Unfortunately that didn't fix it. Didn't see anything obvious. Any help is greatly appreciated. ;( Share this post Link to post
DS3Circuit 0 Posted February 28, 2003 I have yet to play with trillian, though I too have had obstacles in the packaging of software for deployment ... and this includes enterprise level tools from InstallShield, Veritas, Symantec, and Altiris. www.appdeploy.com is a good HQ for some of your more popular business software / tips n tricks / books / etc. Winstall LE comes with plenty of its own problems, I wouldnt necessarily recommend its use beyond a test environment. I can only offer you this advice, most packaging comes through trial and tribulation. VMware has also been a big help. G'Luck. Share this post Link to post
BaDaB00M 0 Posted February 28, 2003 You rock, DS3Circuit! I found my answer on that site. That is a great site, going in my favorites. I've been searching microsoft, veritas, and google for this problem off and on for over a week. All that and it was something so stupid. The problem was that you can't use a letter in the application version when you edit the .msi file. I was putting 0.74c on trillian and every other program that was having this same problem also had a letter in the version. I guess it puts the version you give it in a key in the registry that can only accept numerical data. ;( I feel so dumb now, cuz the error makes sense now. They could have made it a little less cryptic though. Did I mention you rock? Thanks. Share this post Link to post
DS3Circuit 0 Posted February 28, 2003 LOL Well then my friend, you are more than welcome. Share this post Link to post
