Hi there,
OK so I tried the trial version of the upcoming VMware, it crashed my machine.
No big deal did system clean etc. and now cannot reinstall licenced 9.02 version I get a message
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VMware 9.02
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The MSI 'd:\Users\??????\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1371226554\vmwareworkstation_x64.msi' failed.
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OK
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The messages from the Application log in sequence are:
- Performance counters for the VMware (VMware) service were loaded successfully. The Record Data in the data section contains the new index values assigned to this service.
- Starting session 1 - 2013-06-14T16:18:53.918818000Z.
- Ending session 1 started 2013-06-14T16:18:53.918818000Z.
- Product: VMware Workstation -- Installation failed.
- Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: VMware Workstation. Product Version: 9.0.2. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: VMware, Inc.. Installation success or error status: 1603.
Ending a Windows Installer transaction: d:\Users\??????\AppData\Local\Temp\vmware_1371226554\vmwareworkstation_x64.msi. Client Process Id: 8328.
I have already followed the articles here with no luck:
VMware KB: Troubleshooting an MSI error during a VMware product or Tools installation
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1308
I have narrowed the issue to this point in the log:
MSI (s) (3C:08) [20:09:10:824]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI6E65.tmp, Entrypoint: VMInstallHcmon
CustomAction VM_InstallHcmon.AB568CC9_1F06_4225_B985_9531B0D3BB56 returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s) (3C:20) [20:09:10:911]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (3C:20) [20:09:10:911]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
Action ended 20:09:10: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Any help will do otherwise I have a big system rebuild to do...
thanks and regards