Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one talks about an issue where Security Update MS10-019 may not visible in the Configuration Manager console for some operating systems.
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Symptoms
When installing the System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) client, the process fails with the following error:
There was a problem starting PolicyAgentProvider.dll The specified module could not be found
You may also see the following in the ccmsetup.log after clicking OK on the error above:
MSI: Action 11:53:11: CcmRegisterWmiMofFile. Registering WMI settings
MSI: Setup failed due to unexpected circumstances
The error code is 80004005
MSI: Action 13:01:48: Rollback. Rolling back action:
Installation failed with error code 1603
Cause
This can occur if the value of CWDIllegalInDllSearch in the Registry is set to 0xFFFFFFFF per the following Knowledge Base article:
KB2264107 - A new CWDIllegalInDllSearch registry entry is available to control the DLL search path algorithm (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2264107)
Resolution
There are two resolutions to this issue:
1. Remove the CWDIllegalInDllSearch entry or change this to a different value.
2. Add the full path to the CCM folder to the environmental variables PATH:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CCM or C:\Windows\system32\CCM depending on the architecture of the OS the client is being installed on.
More Information
CcmSetup is running the following command when this failure occurs:
rundll32.exe PolicyAgentProvider.dll,setup_checknamespaces
If CWDIllegalInDllSearch has been configured to 0xFFFFFFFF then rundll32.exe is unable to find the PolicyAgentProvider.dll when running in the current working directory.
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For the most current version of this article please see the following:
J.C. Hornbeck | System Center & Security Knowledge Engineer
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