Microsoft Bootstrapper has always been an interesting program. It is used across all of the Office products (Plus a lot more) and when it works we do not even notice it. When it fails it tends to give no end of grief.
In this case we have it failing on error 1603. The reason for this failure is actually permissions, whether on the folders or on the registry. In either case it will not exactly tell you where it occurred. So lets fix both issues.
1) Permissions on the Folders
Open "Command Prompt as Administrator.
Type in the following commands
takeown /f C:\Windows
cacls C:\Windows /G administrators:F.
Restart the system.
Install SharePoint again.
2) Permissions in registry
Make sure you are in the Local Admin group.
Open regedit
Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and choose Permission.
Add your installation account
Make sure you have "Full Control"
Click OK to save changes
Then do the same for:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Install SharePoint (No need to reboot)
Now the first question on everyone's mind is if we are admins should we not have this permission already. The answer is yes as long as you are listed in the Local Administrators group and not nested into it via another Group. This is a one layer check so make sure your account is in the group and you should not have to add your specific account to Registry permissions.
by Jeff Adkin via Everyone's Blog Posts - SharePoint Community
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