Resources For IT Professionals
Post an article
Wikis - Page Details
  • First published by (eMVP, Microsoft Community Contributor, Microsoft Partne)
  • When: 22 Mar 2012 3:56 AM
  • Last revision by (aMicrosof)
  • When: 12 Aug 2013 2:57 PM
  • Revisions: 9
  • Comments: 6
Options
RSSSubscribe to Article (RSS)
Can You Improve This Article?
Positively! Click Sign In to add the tip, solution, correction or comment that will help other users.

Report inappropriate content using these instructions.
Wiki  >  TechNet Articles  >  Windows Server 2008: Attempt to Install Telnet Client Failed with Error Code 0x80070643. Fatal Error During Installation

Windows Server 2008: Attempt to Install Telnet Client Failed with Error Code 0x80070643. Fatal Error During Installation

Windows Server 2008: Attempt to Install Telnet Client Failed with Error Code 0x80070643. Fatal Error During Installation

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

You receive error code "0x80070643" when you try to install Telnet client or Telnet Server on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

It may sound weird but the root cause was,  Windows Server had not been activated properly in my case; though I could see "Windows is activated", it wasn't actually.

You would likely to get this error when Servers were activated through KMS. Here is the fix which worked for me and hopefully that would work in your case as well !


Follow the steps below. 

In case of Windows Server 2008 R2 , run the below mentioned commands sequentially one by one from elevated cmd.

icacls %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform /grant "BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT Service\sppsvc:(OI)(CI)(R,W,D)" "NETWORK SERVICE:(OI)(CI)(F)"

net stop sppsvc && net start sppsvc

pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"   


In case of Windows Server 2008, run the below mentioned commands sequentially one by one from elevated cmd.

icacls %windir%\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\softwarelicensing /grant "BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT Service\slsvc:(OI)(CI)(R,W,D)" 

net stop slsvc && net start slsvc

pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"  

Once you execute above commands, you should see Telnet Client installed on the server ! Hope that helps.
, , , , , , , [Edit tags]
Leave a Comment
  • Please add 8 and 8 and type the answer here:
  • Post
Wiki - Revision Comment List(Revision Comment)
Sort by: Published Date | Most Recent | Most Useful
Comments
  • 12 Aug 2013 2:57 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 7. Comment: Title casing

  • 5 Sep 2012 1:01 PM

    Santosh Bhandarkar edited Revision 3. Comment: Tags Update

  • 2 Sep 2012 1:52 AM

    Santosh Bhandarkar edited Revision 1. Comment: Applies to section added

Page 1 of 1 (3 items)
Wikis - Comment List
Sort by: Published Date | Most Recent | Most Useful
Posting comments is temporarily disabled until 10:00am PST on Saturday, December 14th. Thank you for your patience.
Comments
  • Posted by
    on 25 Mar 2012 1:12 AM

    Thanks !

  • Posted by
    on 2 Sep 2012 1:52 AM

    Santosh Bhandarkar edited Revision 1. Comment: Applies to section added

  • Posted by
    on 5 Sep 2012 1:01 PM

    Santosh Bhandarkar edited Revision 3. Comment: Tags Update

  • Posted by
    on 17 Jun 2013 9:06 AM

    Excellent!!! Thanks very much for your help!!!

  • Posted by
    on 12 Aug 2013 2:57 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 7. Comment: Title casing

  • Posted by
    on 10 Sep 2013 1:35 AM

    Thanks a lot!! It works!

Page 1 of 1 (6 items)