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There may be a hung application installation that created a &quot;RunOnce&quot; entry in the registry. &nbsp;We used to have this problem all the time with Server 2003. &nbsp;<br />
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Open Regedit<br />
Expand HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ RunOnce and click on RunOnce. &nbsp;<br />
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If there is anything there (other than default), delete it. &nbsp;Restart the server and try again.
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There may be a hung application installation that created a "RunOnce" entry in the registry.  We used to have this problem all the time with Server 2003.  

Open Regedit
Expand HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ RunOnce and click on RunOnce.  

If there is anything there (other than default), delete it.  Restart the server and try again.

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Yes. There was something there. It would not allow me to delete it. It is called Default; type is REG-SX; with value not set
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Yes. There was something there. It would not allow me to delete it. It is called Default; type is REG-SX; with value not set

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And thank you for your replies....
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I gave up an &quot;A&quot; because what you suggested lead to the solution: turn Windows Installer back on and all other relevant services.
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I gave up an "A" because what you suggested lead to the solution: turn Windows Installer back on and all other relevant services.

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server 2003 keeps rebooting when attempting to install quickbooks.
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server 2003 keeps rebooting when attempting to install quickbooks.

Why does server 2003 keep rebooting when attempting to install quickbooks

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