If you are installing (or configuring) software on your Window 7, 8 or 10 PC, you may see ERROR 2503 followed by ERROR 2502:
Fortunately there is both a fix and workaround for this problem:
HOW TO FIX ERROR 2503 2502:
Set the permissions on C:\WINDOWS\TEMP to AUTHENTICATED USERS = FULL CONTROL
HOW TO WORK AROUND ERROR 2503 2502:
End task on EXPLORER.EXE and start a new one WITH ADMIN PRIVILIGES.
You might also try running the .MSI from an elevated command prompt:
Further information is available from:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/1145-73-internal-error-2503-2502
47 Comments
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Ziccy · September 13, 2017 at 6:03 pm
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Rizjiy · August 24, 2017 at 3:13 am
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al · August 12, 2017 at 9:35 am
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Phil Anderson · June 10, 2017 at 4:06 am
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Paragon · February 26, 2017 at 9:12 am
Holy shit this is the only method that worked (1.). If you don’t have ‘Everyone’ (like me) just select users.
Cheers!
Daniel · February 25, 2017 at 10:30 am
It’s just worked, i do not has “everyone” option there so I had to chose “users” and that worked like megic. thank you very much.
Dani
ZZ · November 24, 2016 at 9:51 pm
Yup! Method no. 1 worked like a charm! Win 10 x64
logan · November 14, 2016 at 1:16 pm
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