Failure when installing SQL 2005 SP1 on Windows 2003 Server

Hello.

When I installed SQL 2005 SP1 on Windows 2003 Server, I received the following message:

"A recently applied update, KB913090, failed to install."

At the end, "Database Services" was marked as "Failure".

I have tried everything I could find in the knowledge base and on the forums, but still

was not able to install SP1.

For example:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;918357

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Can you search your hotfix logs (%WINDIR%/hotfix directory) for the text string "value 3" and include the 10-20 lines above it? That should give us a more descriptive error.

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)|||

MSI (s) (B0!C0) [22:08:08:355]: Note: 1: 2262 2: _sqlAction 3: -2147287038
MSI (s) (B0!C0) [22:08:08:355]: Transforming table _sqlAction.

MSI (s) (B0!C0) [22:08:08:355]: Note: 1: 2262 2: _sqlAction 3: -2147287038
<Func Name='SetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='SetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='0'>
Doing Action: CommitSqlUpgrade
PerfTime Start: CommitSqlUpgrade : Sat Sep 23 22:08:08 2006
<Func Name='ComponentUpgrade'>
There was a failure during installation search up in this log file for this message:
SQL Server Setup failed to parse the SQL script "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Upgrade\procsyst.sql". The error code is The system cannot find the file specified.
. To continue, correct the problem, and then run SQL Server Setup again.
<EndFunc Name='ComponentUpgrade' Return='2' GetLastError='0'>
PerfTime Stop: CommitSqlUpgrade : Sat Sep 23 22:08:08 2006
Gathering darwin properties for failure handling.
<EndFunc Name='LaunchFunction' Return='2' GetLastError='0'>
MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Transforming table InstallExecuteSequence.

MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Note: 1: 2262 2: InstallExecuteSequence 3: -2147287038
MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Transforming table InstallExecuteSequence.

MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Transforming table InstallExecuteSequence.

MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Note: 1: 2262 2: InstallExecuteSequence 3: -2147287038
MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Transforming table InstallExecuteSequence.

MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Note: 1: 2262 2: InstallExecuteSequence 3: -2147287038
MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Transforming table InstallExecuteSequence.

MSI (s) (B0:A8) [22:08:09:370]: Note: 1: 2262 2: InstallExecuteSequence 3: -2147287038
Action ended 22:08:09: CommitSqlUpgrade.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2. Return value 3.

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It seams there was a failure during previous upgrade. At this point I would suggest that you go to AddRemove Programs select MS SQL Server 2005 and Change. Then you select the SQL instance that failed and Database Engine. Proceed to Change or Remove Instance dialog and I assume there is an option Complete the suspended installation so select that one.

It is possible that setup needs access to the original installation media so if you installed from CD insert it before launching the setup.

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That did the trick!

Many thanks for the help.

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I ran into this issue and resolved it by changing the registry. Under: Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer, I found that DisableMSI was not set to 0. For some reason it was set to 2. After changing this to 0, SP1 installed fine.

What's strange is there is nothing that should've set this to registry entry to 2.