FAILED again! Express fails to install on Windows server 2003

VERY frustrating. I have tried uninstalling. removing regietry keys. removing with the windows unistaller etc... to NO avial. See my Core.Log:

Error: Action "LaunchLocalBootstrapAction" threw an exception during execution. Error information reported during run:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\setup.exe" finished and returned: 3221225477
Aborting queue processing as nested installer has completed
Message pump returning: 3221225477

And my Core(local).log:

Error: Action "ReportChainingResults" threw an exception during execution.
DwLaunchMsiExec() returned : -1073741819
Error Code: -1073741819
Windows Error Text: Source File Name: sqlchaining\sqlchainingactions.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Mon Jan 16 02:06:13 2006
Function Name: sqls::ReportChainingResults::perform
Source Line Number: 3140

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0014_APPS_.NET Framework 2.0.log" to cab file : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0014.cab" Error Code : 2
Running: UploadDrWatsonLogAction at: 2006/11/17 1:32:51
Message pump returning: 3221225477

PLEASE Help.

Rich

Have you had previous versions of SQL 2005 installed on the same computer? Which versions?|||No its a clean install of Windows 2003 Sp1 and its not a DC. Crazy.|||

Moving to the setup forum.

Mike

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Hi Rich,

The error code looks like this:

# for decimal 5 / hex 0x5
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED winerror.h
# Access is denied.

Are you running with Admin privileges when trying to install the SQL product?

|||any updates?|||

Fin,

Thanks for asking. I decided to wipe the server clean, install 2003 and all the updates. Then try the express install. This time it worked.

Thank,

Rich