Ensure the following keys are present:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
“RunOnceComplete”=dword:00000001
“RunOnceHasShown”=dword:00000001

Or

Group policy [User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer]
Prevent performance of First Run Customize settings - Enabled

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

Delete keys 'IconStreams' and 'PastIconsStream'.

Kill and restart explorer process.

Need to use fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\ at elevated command prompt, reboot and install again.

See:   http://itsvista.com/2007/03/fsutil/

"The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated with service-specific error 0 (0x0)."

AVG AntiVirus had expired which caused the Exchange AV module to fail:

"Error code -2147467259 returned from virus scanner initialization routine. Virus scanner was not loaded. " (Event ID 9581)

and

"Error 0x80004005 starting the Microsoft Exchange Information Store.

c:\avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch

Disable the following Windows Server 2003 services:

1. ERSvd - Error Reporting Service
2. HidServ - Human Interface Device Access (keyboard buttons, remotes, etc)
3. IsmServ - Intersite Messaging (except for AD replication across subnets, smtp intersite replication, etc)
4. ScardSvr - Smart Card Access
5. LMHosts - TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper (no legacy hosts)

Fresh install of XP SP2 immediately updated to SP3 (Also, Office 2007 SP1 installed).

After, both Windows Update and Microsoft Update detect updates but fail to install any.  No error codes or entries in the event logs.  No info in WU Update History (nothing ever installed by this method).

Fix is install Windows Update Agent 3.0.

Save this to desktop then run the following from a .cmd file:

net stop wuauserv
"%userprofile%\Desktop\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe" /wuforce
regsvr32 "%windir%\system32\wup2.dll"
net start wuauserv
exit

See

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r20453460-XP-Pro-Updates-Fail-after-Fresh-Install-and-XP-SP3-Loaded

When completing SBS setup on the final server during a Swing It! migration this error halts setup.

Solutions are: Bypass trust check

1. Start SBS setup process
2. Cancel
3. Locate Sitxxx.tmp temp (%temp%) Directory
4. Open Setup.sdb in text editor
5. Comment out the trust check line
6. Save and continue the setup process from the Sitxxx.tmp directory

Or change GUID on the replica DCs

1. Regedit - HKLM - Security - Permissions - Add Administrators - Full Control
2. Cmd - cd c:\windows\program files
3. nltest/domain_trusts/all_trusts/v
4. Record domain GUID string
5. Regedit - HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\PolDnDmG - change GUID to earlier recorded value - restart
6. Undo permission changes

See KB909639 and article at smallbizserver.net

"Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found."

Together with Event IDs 3210 and 40960

Prevent by:

HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetLogon\Parameters "DisablePasswordChange"=dword:00000001

See KBs 475468 and 888794

Or, Group/Local Policy

Local Computer Policy | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Options

- Domain Member: Disable machine account password changes (DisablePasswordChange)
- Domain Member: Maximum machine account password age (MaximumPasswordAge)
- Domain Controller: Refuse machine account password changes (RefusePasswordChange)

See: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/archive/index.php/t-10129.html

and: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/9f921edc-87f5-460e-89ee-9ca56ec1d0961033.mspx?mfr=true

and: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/3558c421-ba3d-4b8f-a107-b9058cc0f2861033.mspx?mfr=true

After Swing It! migration if required use: legacydn /forcewrite