After many frustrating attempts install LU first, rebooting, installing SEP only to get the Rollback, the info below corrected the problem on Windows 7:
The installation of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client fails and rolls back around the point of registering with LiveUpdate
Question/Issue:
When attempting to install the Symantec Endpoint Protection client onto a machine, the installation fails and rolls back around the point of registering with LiveUpdate
Symptoms:
Excerpt from SEP_INST.log:
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LUCA: InstallLiveUpdate enter.
LUCA: C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Temp\QVQVAICY\LiveUpdate\lucheck.exe
LUCA: InstallLiveUpdate : CreateProcessAndWait( LUCHECK.EXE ) returned 206
ActionEnd 12:13:56 : InstallFinalize。 Return Value 3.
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LuResult.txt (usually in C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate):
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2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> The LiveUpdate installer reported a successful install.
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> Testing ProductRegCom access...
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> CLuIntLiveUpdateAccessController - failed to create an instance of an luProductReg object; hr=0x802A0014; desc=
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> CLuIntLiveUpdateAccessController - failed to get the Product object; hr=0x802A0014
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> CLuIntProductRegAccess - failed to create ProductRegCOM Product object; hResult = 0x802A0014
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> VerifyLiveUpdateInstall failed; an exception was caught while creating a connection to LiveUpdate; LiveUpdate is not installed; hResult = 0x802A0014.
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> Error was 'unable to create check-for-updates object'; testing LuComServer settings access to get a more specific error...
2009/06/15, 5:44:49 GMT -> CLuIntLiveUpdateAccessController - failed to initialize CheckForUpdates object
2009/06/15, 5:44:50 GMT -> CLuIntSettingsAccess - failed to create LiveUpdate Settings object
2009/06/15, 5:44:50 GMT -> CLuIntSettingsAccess - failed to get LiveUpdate Settings object
2009/06/15, 5:44:50 GMT -> SettingsManager GetProperty - caught exception trying to retrieve a property from the Settings file.
2009/06/15, 5:44:50 GMT -> Ended LiveUpdate Integration Log
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Solution:
In the registry,
Find
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\AppData
value=%APPDATA%
and change it to
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\AppData
value=%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming
Install SEP client again.