Windows 10: Microsoft Installer Error 1603

Symptom: When installing a TurboTax software update, the following error occurs: "A fatal error occurred during installation.


I've disabled all the antivirus, antimalware, firewall, desktop for both McAfee and Windows to install a TurboTax update. I've been on the phone with TurboTax people & no help. Although they sent me a patch that I downloaded, turned the machine off, etc., it seems to be in a loop and coming back with the same error. I'm at my wits end. What do I do?

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Error 1603

Error 1603 generally occurs due to installation errors or corruption of the setup during installation or uninstallation (in most of the cases) although there are many other reasons too. And for this reasons only there is the popping of the "ERROR 1603" dialogue
box. Here are some of the ways to fix the problem :-

1. Close Background Software
2. Check the Software Is not Already Installed
3. Check That There’s Enough Hard Drive Space for the Program
4. Open the Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter
5. Erase Temporary Files From the Windows Temp Folder
6. Restart the Windows Installer Service
7. Edit the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation Registry Value
8. Grant Full Control Permission to Installation Drive

Hope the following steps would help you to recover your p.c...

 

Error 1603 when trying to install Microsoft Mouse & Keyboard Center

I've searched all over the internet to try to find a solution for this Error 1603 that I am getting when I am trying to install Microsoft Mouse & Keyboard Center. I did a recent in place upgrade for Windows 10 (Anniversary edition) and I was sure that this program was already installed.

The driver for the mouse works fine and is listed in Device Manager but I would like to have this software as it can enable you to assign certain functions for you mouse keys for specific apps. It's a Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 and the software for it is MouseKeyboardCenter_64bit_ENG_2.8.106

There is a Microsoft Program troubleshooter that I ran that didn't help one bit. Then I read in the Microsoft forums a suggestion of trying to install it by doing a clean boot, but that didn't work either. This Error 1603 seems to be a common problem but I have yet to find a solution to it.

I'm attaching a screenshot of the error message.



On top of that Windows Update is trying to install some updates for the mouse (and keyboard even though it's only a mouse that I have) and it is giving me error messages as well (see screenshot)

I couldn't find any info online for the error message it gives which is Error 0x800705b3.

Has anyone else encountered a similar issue and if so, what did you do to resolve it?

 

Trouble with APP install "Error 1603"

Hi,

I suggest you to try the steps provide in the link below:

You receive an "error 1603

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

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