MSI install failure - Windows Error 2503! Not sure who to not like worse? Microsoft or Apple.
by Andy Flagg, Publication Date: Friday, December 28, 2018 View Count: 363, Keywords: msi, error 2503, bsod, itunes, apple, microsoft, temp dir, Hashtags: #msi #error2503 #bsod #itunes #apple #microsoft #tempdir
basically, if an MSI is launched without full
permissions and the Everyone user does not have FULL permissions on the
window temp and users profile temp folder, the installation will fail
with error 2503 and/or error 2502.
a great IT guy writes:
Andrew Jackson Wilsonanother
day in paradise - the issue is with permissions of the application
being installed or removed. if the app does not have admin privileges or
the Everyone Full rights is not set on c:\windows\temp directory, them
bam! Error 2503. seen it for like the last 5 years and even my GGPCTU
software has learned how to work around and deal with it, but not the
latest Apple framework and iTunes. instant BSOD crapola. TGIF!