KB936929 Setup Error - mmcxfcr.dll

[SteveDB]

Hello and Greetings,
I'm having a particularly interesting problem installing SP3. The
installation seems to go well until receiving a "Copy Error" message. It
reads as follows:
"An error occurred while copying file mmcfxcr.dll. Cannot copy file to
destination directory. Click Retry to retry the operation or clock Cancel to"

That it for the first message. I am allowed to browse for the file and can
see it in the temp installation directory created during the install of SP3.
It will not however allow me to get past the error.

I extracted the file using the /x parameter, copied to the
c:\windows\system32 directory manually and tried to use regsvr32 to register
the file to see if that would help. No go.

The following error message came up after cancelling the installation:
"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

Any idea what the problem could be and what to do?

P.S. I am a local admin and domain admin. Using Domain Admin to install 1st,
tried local admin afterwards, still no go.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

Hello and Greetings,

I'm having a particularly interesting problem installing SP3. The
installation seems to go well until receiving a "Copy Error" message. It
reads as follows:
"An error occurred while copying file mmcfxcr.dll. Cannot copy file to
destination directory. Click Retry to retry the operation or clock Cancel to"

That it for the first message. I am allowed to browse for the file and can
see it in the temp installation directory created during the install of SP3.
It will not however allow me to get past the error.

I extracted the file using the /x parameter, copied to the
c:\windows\system32 directory manually and tried to use regsvr32 to register
the file to see if that would help. No go.

The following error message came up after cancelling the installation:
"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

Any idea what the problem could be and what to do?

P.S. I am a local admin and domain admin. Using Domain Admin to install 1st,
tried local admin afterwards, still no go.

Although not conventional, how about installing it in Safe Mode?

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[SteveDB]

Hello and Greetings,

I did try that and of course....same result. I did catch another possible
clue..

The process it is trying to accomplish the following when the error for the
mmcfxcr.dll occures:
"Installing file MMCFXCOMMON.RESOURCES.DL"

Now, I'm not sure how the two correlate together but it occurrs at the same
place, same messages each and every time.

Thanks,