Unable to install Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-070 for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
My customer was trying to install the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-070 for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 (KB958393) from the following link
But I noticed that the installation always failed with the following error message
Error: The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch.
OBSERVATIONS:
I looked at the error log file and saw the following information
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\a5c4b.msi
MSI (c) (E4:D4) [10:32:06:039]: Product: Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - English - Update '{92D7F8DA-74AA-4E0C-9903-44E9529CEC76}' could not be installed. Error code 1642. Additional information is available in the log file C:\test.log.
MSI (c) (E4:D4) [10:32:06:039]: Product: Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - English -- Installation failed.
SOLUTION:
I re-installed VS 2003 SP1 that allowed the patch to be installed properly. However I had SP1 for VS 2003 installed already on this machine. I am unsure why the issue occurred and I am investigating further what caused the issue.