Error 57A Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 failed to install
I am having Windows Vista Home Premium installed in my computer. I had installed Microsoft Office 2007. Now after installation I am trying to run Office SP1 Update. On checking Windows Update it looks that it was downloaded well, but the installation simply fails. The error code that I can see on the screen is 57A. I had tried to re-download it back again but again the setup failed. What does the error code means. Is there some issue with my system.
Re: 2007 Office Suite Service Pack 1 failed to install Error Code
The error is related to registry permission. When you are not in admin account you cannot install software or make any changes to the computer. In the same way the update configuration failed due to permission issue. Try to run a manual setup of update through Administrator account. I had seen in the logs. The error clearly says about registry ownershop issue. I had set the permission of the same for everyone. The update installed properly without giving the error. A number of time new updates or installation make registry changes which cause this issue.
Re: 2007 Office Suite Service Pack 1 failed to install Error Code
The problem lies in Vista not in update. The update will fix a number of issues in Vista and it is important to install. You can try this. Download the update from Microsoft website. Right click on that and then click on Run as > Administrator. That might do the job I think. If the file permission or ownership is corrupted that is done by mostly virus, you will not be able to install this update. You can go directly in registry and modify the permission settings. There are ample of articles on web that can guide you to work with registry permissions. Create a restore point before making any chances. So that if something happens you can restore stuff back. I had created a file to reset registry settings. I found that solution on web. For that you will need to download a simple utility called as subinacl.exe. Now copy the below content in a notepad file. Save the file with reset.cmd name. Right click on that and then click on run as > administrator. Remember that the file name should be reset.cmd only not reset.cmd.txt. It will take some time and then try to run the updates back again.
Code:
cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose
Source :- Having trouble installing the Vista SP1 update? Reset your registry permissions!
Re: 2007 Office Suite Service Pack 1 failed to install Error Code
Want help with two systems at my home. There are two users created on each of them. When I try to switch the user I am getting the admin screen only. The other users file are still available, but I cannot go to the old login screen. All this happened after running that reset.cmd file. I went to control panel and created the accounts back again. But it is not at all excepting it. To fix the same I removed the old accounts and created new. But it was not allowing me until I run system restore. Hope this file is not buggy. I just found a link below which I found on Microsoft. This will be helpful for those who are trying to locate help on the same on server update issues.
Using SECEDIT to Force a Group Policy Refresh Immediately