Wanted to share one error that I got while installing Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for which I had to spend almost 3 days to find the root cause. I also googled and found that many people have also faced the same issue but did not get if anyone had the solution. Sharing the solution that worked for me. Thanks to Dhaval Metrani, my colleague, who also helped me with this.
If you get the following error in the log file (in the %temp% folder) while installing Office 2013
Failed to install product OSMMUI.msi ErrorCode: 1603
and the detail log shows
ERROR: The network address is invalid
then the same is because of Task Scheduler service is not enabled on the machine. 1603 is a generic error and some people have mentioned that the same could be related to deleting/renaming %programdata% /Microsoft Help but the solution seemed to be related to Task Scheduler when the exact error was related to 'Network address invalid'.
By default in Windows 7 and Windows Vista machines, Task Scheduler is disabled and doesn't allow the user to enable. In that case, please change the registry settings to start automatically at startup. Please use the following steps to change the settings.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule\
Now, in the right pane, right click on the Start key and select Modify. Then, type 2 in the Value Data box and click on OK. Then, close Registry Editor and restart your system for changes to take effect.
Happy using Office 2013 !
If you get the following error in the log file (in the %temp% folder) while installing Office 2013
Failed to install product OSMMUI.msi ErrorCode: 1603
and the detail log shows
ERROR: The network address is invalid
then the same is because of Task Scheduler service is not enabled on the machine. 1603 is a generic error and some people have mentioned that the same could be related to deleting/renaming %programdata% /Microsoft Help but the solution seemed to be related to Task Scheduler when the exact error was related to 'Network address invalid'.
By default in Windows 7 and Windows Vista machines, Task Scheduler is disabled and doesn't allow the user to enable. In that case, please change the registry settings to start automatically at startup. Please use the following steps to change the settings.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule\
Now, in the right pane, right click on the Start key and select Modify. Then, type 2 in the Value Data box and click on OK. Then, close Registry Editor and restart your system for changes to take effect.
Happy using Office 2013 !
you glorious bastard. thank you.
ReplyDeleteWOW! you WIN.:) thanks a lot
ReplyDeletetried several solutions, yours worked!!!!! thank you big time
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, after 3 hours Googling, this one works for me :)
ReplyDeleteThanks you Shubhabrata! It's worked form me too.
ReplyDeleteI started task scheduler services and then installed office 2013 setup.
Question here - Dear, How come task scheduler is prerequisite service for installing office setup. I didnt understood and surprised as well :)
Thanks a lot. I have spent many time to solve this problem. But I solved it finallay with your blog.
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