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Article ID: 925698 - Last Review: October 10, 2006 - Revision: 1.0
Error message when you try to install hotfix 908981 for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions: "Setup cannot continue"
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986Â
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Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
You try to install hotfix 908981 for Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computers. When you do this, you cannot install the hotfix. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
Setup cannot continue because one or more prerequisites required to install KB908981 failed. For more details check the log file c:\windows\KB908981.log
Additionally, the KB908981.log file contains the following error message:
Microsoft Windows is Not Present
This issue may be caused if one or more of the following conditions are true:
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
To resolve this problem, update the Windows registry, and then reinstall the hotfix. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\5.0\Setup Packages
- On the Edit menu, point to New, click String Value, type Microsoft Windows, and then press ENTER.
- On the Edit menu, click Modify, type 5.0.2.6738, and then click OK.
- Reinstall hotfix 908981.
For more information about hotfix 908981, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
908981Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=908981/
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Description of the security update for FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computers: April 11, 2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
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