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Can't Install Adminpak on Clean Install of 2003 server

I have a clean install of 2003 Server that has all its updates.  After doing the updates I went to install adminpak.msi and it give me the following error and error in the Event Log:

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      MsiInstaller
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      10005
Date:            4/27/2005
Time:            11:15:08 AM
User:            X\Administrator
Computer:      X
Description:
Product: Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack -- Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack can only be installed on Windows XP Professional with QFE Q329357 applied, on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 or later, or on computers running Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 35 45 30 37 36 43 46   {5E076CF
0008: 32 2d 45 46 45 44 2d 34   2-EFED-4
0010: 33 41 32 2d 41 36 32 33   3A2-A623
0018: 2d 31 33 45 30 44 36 32   -13E0D62
0020: 45 43 37 45 30 7d         EC7E0}  


Searching around I can find a few people asking the same question, but no one seems to have an answer.  I checked, it doesn't seem to be a dcom problem, and I have tried it from more then one account.  Anyone have any ideas on how I can install this?
The big thing is, if I am having some problems, I'm not sure if I should trust the machine or just wipe and reinstall.  I would hate to get this into production and then find it has other problems installing other software.
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Wow, 15 minutes good answer.  That fixes my problem.  Makes you wonder why the adminpak webpage on MS.com doesn't make mention of this.  Thanks.
Im confused but thank you for the help it fixed the problem
I installed support tools from the above link and it fixed remote admin.
now i can open any of the domain admin tools and they work were as before



I was getting the same error message as nrcody
MAN!  Thanks for the tip!
We took over providing remote support for a client, and one server could not be connected to via RDP.  Tried hacking, changing that registry entry that enables RDP, restarting service, but nothing worked.
Another symptom was that many of the consoles would fail, saying the admin pak can only be installed on XP and 2003.  But this WAS 2003.  Couldn't even uninstall it.
Even reinstalled SP2, no dice.
But now that I installed the CORRECT adminpak, all is working well!

Thanks again!
Great, Downloaded the 2005 SP1 admin tools, Worked great. Thanks