Sharepoint 2010 Foundation Installation Error Prerequisites

Question

Receiving the following error on installation of Sharepoint:

What action should I take please?

The server is updated with latest windows updates and I have restarted a number of times.

Thank you,

Joseph

Answer 1

Seems you are experiencing a common issue, caused by orphaned registry keys.

The following was taken from a social.technet question reply from Bill Baer.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\UpdateExeVolatile - if the value of the UpdateExeVolatile registry key is anything other than 0 you will see this message.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations - if the PendingFileRenameOperations registry key has any value you will see this message.

See additional information below:

To remove an orphaned UpdateExeVolatile registry key value:

1. Open a registry editor, such as Regedit.exe or Regedt32.exe.
2. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\
3. In the right navigation pane, double-click the UpdateExeVolatile key.
4. Configure the key with a value of 0
5. Close Registry Editor.

To delete the orphaned PendingFileRenameOperations registry key :

1. Open a registry editor, such as Regedit.exe or Regedt32.exe.
2. Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
3. In the right navigation pane, right-click the PendingFileRenameOperations key and select Delete.
4. Close Registry Editor.

I would add: please exercise extreme caution while editing the registry. You never know WHY the keys where wrong in the first place and if the issue accually hides a malfunctioning somewhere else...

Answer 2

seems to be a known issue:

ISSUE #3: in http://www.linkedin.com/groups/COMMON-MICROSOFT-SHAREPOINT-INSTALLATION-ISSUES-3837859.S.49902410