> It is not supported to manually hack around regkey. But for your case, you
> may work around by installing WSUS 3.0 on another machine, then export
> wsus regkey and reimport into the failing machine.
> Note if you have originally installed WSUS 3.0 Beta, then use WSUS 3.0
> beta on another machine; if WSUS 3.0 RC was originally installed, then use
> WSUS 3.0 RC.
>
> The regkey value may not be exactly the same as original install after
> import (it is not an exact copy of original regkeys). But it should be
> good enough to solve your issue.
>
> --
> Fei Cao
> Microsoft, WSUS
>
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> "Marwan Kandeel" <MarwanKandeel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E8032DF2-9ADC-4AB5-99B6-BA86B0FEA0EE[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> Hi Fei,
>> I have uninstalled the old WSUS already. I think the uninstallation
>> deleted that reg key. Any help on how to restore the key and create it
>> manually?
>>
>> "Fei Cao (MSFT)" wrote:
>>
>>> It appears you have old WSUS 3 is installed but the regkey
>>> ([HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Update Services\Server\Setup])
>>> is
>>> gone, which is necessary for the reinstallation process to decide to
>>> kick
>>> off either an uninstall or an upgrade as appropriate.
>>>
>>> You may try using ARP in control panel to remove original WSUS install
>>> leaving DB and everything else you want to leave behind, then reinstall
>>> with
>>> original WSUS version. Then you will recover original WSUS with regkey
>>> all
>>> created.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fei Cao
>>> Microsoft, WSUS
>>>
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>>> "Marwan Kandeel" <MarwanKandeel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:FBC7E533-A8B4-41C5-9A92-0B8B831C5198[ at ]microsoft.com...
>>> > Hi All,
>>> > I've a problem installing WSUS 3 on Win Server 2K3 SP2. When I
>>> > run
>>> > the
>>> > exe file I get the following log:
>>> >
>>> > 2007-05-07 08:34:19 Error MWUSSetup ParseCommandLine:
>>> > Failed
>>> > to open SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Update Services\Server\Setup registry key
>>> > (Error
>>> > 0x80070002: The system cannot find the file specified.)
>>> > 2007-05-07 08:34:23 Error MWUSSetup DoInstall:
>>> > ParseCommandLine failed (Error 0x80041453)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Any comments?
>>> > --
>>> > ---------------
>>> > Best Regards,
>>> > Marwan Kandeel
>>> > MCP, MCSA, MCSA + Messaging,
>>> > MCSE, MCSE + Messaging, MCT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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