Re: Error 0x8007F0DA installing Server 2003 SP2 to SBS 203 SP1

I have spent the quite some time looking at this problem and finally
managed to resolve it on one of the SBS2003 servers I support.

Method 9: Clear the temporary file and restart the hotfix installation
or the service pack installation
Note Skip this method if the operating system is Windows 2000.

To clear the temporary file and restart the hotfix installation or the
service pack installation, follow these steps: 1. Delete all the
tmp*.cat files in the following folders:

%systemroot%\system32\CatRoot\{127D0A1D-4EF2-11D1-8608-00C04FC295EE}

%systemroot%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}
2. Delete all the kb*.cat files in the following folders:
%systemroot%\System32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}
%systemroot%\System32\CatRoot\{127D0A1D-4EF2-11D1-8608-00C04FC295EE}
3. Delete all the oem*.* files from the %systemroot%\inf folder.
4. At the command prompt, type the following commands. Press ENTER
after each command.
net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2
oldcatroot2
net start cryptsvc
exit
5. Restart the failed hotfix installation or service pack installation.


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Bullant75
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Bullant75,

i followed your instruction... but i missed to delete oem*.* in the
%systemroot%\inf folder. it has installed service pack 2 BUT everything
is a mess now.

our SBS 2003 serves as a primary domain controller... it our DNS and
DHCP server, default gateway... after the installation and reboot, i
can't open mmc... DNS server is not running and all entries are gone.
the network manager does not show my network card. though, i can still
ping my own ip address (192.168.10.2). the SBS 2003 can not be ping by
workstation.

my ultimate question is, *is there a way to rollback the changes*? i
didn't back up my system hoping that everything would be fine. but now,
i screwed up everything. i did a back up of CatRoot and CatRoot2
folders. Copied CatRoot folder into my Desktop... Copied CatRoot2 in
%systemroot%/system32 and renamed the folder to oldCatRoot2.

copy and paste doesn't work at all now. i can't copy the files from my
Desktop\CatRoot to my System32\CatRoot... all files inside are having SA
attributes.

i tried uninstalling service pack in add/remove programs but after some
time it gives me an error saying that the files/path specified can not
be found... something like that... and a message says that service pack
has not been successfully uninstalled.

please help.


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One hopes that you're not getting paid to screw up the SBS 2003 server.
There's a bunch of folks in this newgroup who will do that for free !

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gharz wrote:

> Bullant75,
>
> i followed your instruction... but i missed to delete oem*.* in the
> %systemroot%\inf folder. it has installed service pack 2 BUT everything
> is a mess now.
>
> our SBS 2003 serves as a primary domain controller... it our DNS and
> DHCP server, default gateway... after the installation and reboot, i
> can't open mmc... DNS server is not running and all entries are gone.
> the network manager does not show my network card. though, i can still
> ping my own ip address (192.168.10.2). the SBS 2003 can not be ping by
> workstation.
>
> my ultimate question is, *is there a way to rollback the changes*? i
> didn't back up my system hoping that everything would be fine. but now,
> i screwed up everything. i did a back up of CatRoot and CatRoot2
> folders. Copied CatRoot folder into my Desktop... Copied CatRoot2 in
> %systemroot%/system32 and renamed the folder to oldCatRoot2.
>
> copy and paste doesn't work at all now. i can't copy the files from my
> Desktop\CatRoot to my System32\CatRoot... all files inside are having SA
> attributes.
>
> i tried uninstalling service pack in add/remove programs but after some
> time it gives me an error saying that the files/path specified can not
> be found... something like that... and a message says that service pack
> has not been successfully uninstalled.
>
> please help.
>
>