This problem may occur if one or more of the following conditions are true:
Log file or database corruption exists in the %Systemroot%\System32\Catroot2folder.
Cryptographic Services is set to disabled.
Other Windows files are corrupted or missing.
The timestamp signature or certificate could not be verified or is malformed.
The hidden attribute is set for the %Windir% folder or one of its subfolders.
The Unsigned non-driver installation behavior Group Policy
setting (Windows 2000 only) is set to Do not allow installation or Warn
but allow installation, or the Policy binary value is not set to 0 in
the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Non-Driver Signing
The Enable trusted publisher lockdown Group Policy setting is
turned on, and you do not have the appropriate certificate in your
Trusted Publishers certificate store. This Group Policy setting is
located under User Configuration, under Windows Settings, under Internet
Explorer Maintenance, under Security, under Authenticode Settings in
the Group Policy MMC snap-in.
You are installing Internet Explorer 6 SP1, and the 823559 (MS03-023) security update is installed. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
828031 "The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo
testing..." error message when you try to install Internet Explorer 6
Service Pack 1
The software distribution folder is corrupted.
There is an "Image File Execution Options" Debugger value in the
registry for the ccSvcHst.exe process. Such a value may have been put in
place by malware to attempt to block the installation. Navigate in the
registry to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options Delete the "ccSvcHst.exe" key if it exist. For a 64-bit machine repeat the check under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options
