NI-Visa Runtime 5.4.0 Fails with error status 1603.

[ggmorote]

I'm trying to install the NI-Visa runtime 5.4.0 in a Windows 7 embeded PC after some investigation I can see in the windows log the error status after the installation it's 1603.

What it's the meaning of this error? did anyone succeed in install the foftware in a similar platform?

Thanks and best regards.

[Timo.Schroeder]

Could yo define the error you get.

There was a 1603 error in the past but it should be fixed with the newest version.

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During installation of NI-VISA 5.4.0a4 64-bit Support it gives the following error:

MetaInstaller: Attempting to update volume location cache for NI-VISA 5.4.0a4 64-bit SupportVolumeCache: Did not find keys in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\83E50AE72CDA9644398F7D1E33374DE5\SourceList\MediaVolumeCache: Did not find keys in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\83E50AE72CDA9644398F7D1E33374DE5\SourceList\MediaPart returned 1603

The GUID 83E50AE72CDA9644398F7D1E33374DE5 does not exist under Installer\Products. Either it is supposed to be looking for a different GUID or it needs to create the entry.

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Maybe you should uninstall and install VISA again.

The newest version

http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-5.4/4230/en/

greetz,

Timo

[ggmorote]

Hi.

The problem it's the installer doesn't provide much information.

During the install i get two popup errors

The "VISA Shared Components 32-Bit" installation has failed.

Continue?

And

The "NI-VISA Runtime 5.4.0" installation has failed.

Continue?

so I checked in the windows log and then I see that error:

Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: NI-VISA runtime 5.4.0 Product Version: 5.40.49152. Product Language: 9. Manufacturer: National Instruments. Installation success or error status: 1603

Any Idea?

[Timo.Schroeder]

uninstall 5.4 and install the newest version?

http://sine.ni.com/psp/app/doc/p/id/psp-411/lang/de

[LDBM]

Same issue, on same target type

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[LDBM]

SAme issue with VISA run time 5.4.1.

"Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: NI-VISA Runtime 5.4.1. Product Version: 5.41.49152. Product Language: 9. Manufacturer: National Instruments. Installation success or error status: 1603."

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[LDBM]

I ran the verbose log for the NI install file, in this case:

...\NI-VISA Runtime\setup.exe /acceptlicenses "yes" /log c:\InstallVISA.log    , looking for "Return Value 3", like indicated here, show this:

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DIFXAPP: ENTER: ProcessDriverPackages()
DIFXAPP: ERROR -The operating system you are running on isnot supported.OnlyWindows2000,Windows XP,WindowsServer2003andWindows codenamed Longhorn are supported.
CustomActionMsiProcessDrivers returned actual error code 1603(note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s)(D0:E0)[12:31:25:671]:Machine policy value 'DisableRollback'is 0
MSI (s)(D0:E0)[12:31:25:671]:Note:1:14022: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3:2
Action ended 12:31:25:MsiProcessDrivers.Return value 3.

 

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Note that this installer works on another WES7 machine...

[Joseph_Merrick]

Hey all,

The reason this installed successfully on one Windows Embedded 7 and not on another is because when images are created for Windows Embedded 7, the creator can choose which packages to install. In my experience, it's best to include all of the packages. Here is a little more documentation on MSDN that explains what some of those packages are. I also found this workaround for adding files packages to the system, post install but have not tried it myself. 

Hopefully this helps some poor soul in the future.