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Enterprise Console: during installation of version 3.0, the installation wizard closes down

Issue

During the installation of  Enterprise Console 3.0, you see the message:

The wizard was interrupted before Sophos Enterprise Console could be completely installed.

The installation wizard then closes.

Sophos product and version

Enterprise Console 3.0

What to do

  1. Click Start|Run.
  2. Type in the command
    “C:\sec30\ServerInstaller\Sophos Enterprise Console.msi” FORCEUPGRADE=1
    Ensure that you insert the quote marks as shown.

Enterprise Console should now install correctly

Technical Information

When you check the log file %temp%\Sophos Enterprise Console.msi.log, you should see the following error message:

Can not find InstallDriver in ROT table, Return Code = 0x80004005

An extract from such a log contains:

MSI (s) (8C:D8) [12:31:18:544]: Invoking remote custom action.
DLL: C:\WINNT\Installer\MSI48.tmp,
Entrypoint: StartUp
1: The InstallScript engine version currently installed on this machine is adequate.
1: Event 'E3118685' is created MSI (s) (8C!18) [12:31:18:685]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ISStartupEvent property. Its value is 'E3118685'.
1: GetInstallDriver, Can not find InstallDriver in ROT table, Return Code = 0x80004005
1: {D04D1156-E56D-46D6-BD7E-5F94F10157AA}
1: Extract supporting files
1: Failed to extract ISRT.dll, error is 2
1: Failed to extract _IsRes.dll, error is 2
1: Failed to extract _IsUser.dll, Ignore it.
MSI (s) (8C!18) [12:31:19:841]: Note: 1: 2732 2: 0
MSI (s) (8C!18) [12:31:19:856]: Note: 1: 2732 2: 0
1: ISMsiServerStartup Failure, Failed to RegisterMsiServer, Error = 0x80004004
1: MsiServerStartup failed. Abort installation.
Action ended 12:31:19: ISMsiServerStartup. Return value 1603.
Action ended 12:31:19: ISStartup. Return value 3.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.