Microsoft KB Archive/240306

= BUG: MSDN Library Setup Error in the Registration Database =

Article ID: 240306

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * MSDN 2003 Universal Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q240306



SYMPTOMS
When an MSDN Library CD-ROM begins to automatically run Setup on a computer running Windows 2000, the following error may occur:

Setup Initialization Error: Setup has encountered an error in the Registration Database.



CAUSE
This error occurs when Setup is run by a member of the Users group on Windows 2000. Users do not have the necessary permissions to access the registry during setup. MSDN Library Setup attempts to access the registry before it determines that the user running Setup does not have administrator privileges.



RESOLUTION
An administrator of the computer must log on and install the MSDN Library for the user.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Administrative privileges are required to install the MSDN Library. The limited access that a user has to the registry is by design.

