How to Fix Sage Taxation Error 1603

Check your log files for errors that might have occurred during the installation process. For this,

💠 Go to Start and click Control Panel.
💠 Click System and Security and then go to Administrative Tools.
💠 Double click on Event Viewer.
💠 On the left hand side of the screen, click on the arrow to the left of Windows Logs to expand it.
💠 Click on Application to see all messages, warnings, and errors that might have occurred while running the program.
💠 Check for errors or warnings that correspond to the issues that occurred during installation.
💠 Try to fix the errors manually or get in touch with our expert technicians for expert advice.

Ensure that you have logged into your computer as an Administrator and have sufficient rights to install the software.

💠 To successfully update all your data, your software should be able to access certain folders like the SQL Directory. To ensure that it has full permissions to access SL Directory,

💠 Go to Start and click on Computer.
💠 Now go into your Local Disk (C) and click on Program Files.
💠 Go to Microsoft SQL Server and click MSSQLx.
💠 Now go into the MSSQL folder and right click on the Data folder.
💠 Select the Security tab and click on Edit.
💠 In the User Names box, click on the user SQLServerMSSQLUser to highlight.
💠 Check the Permission For box for full control.
💠 Now click Apply and press OK and then press OK again to close the Properties window.

Windows Installer manages the installation and removal of programs. At times, the registration of Microsoft installation engine gets corrupted or you might still be running the outdated version of the tool. In such cases, you need to unregistered and then re-register the Windows Installer service. For this,

💠 Log onto the computer as Administrator.
💠 Click on the Start button and enter “services.msc” in the search text field and press Enter.
💠 Now enter the administrator password for the computer and click Continue.
💠 Double click on Windows Installer on the services list and select Automatic from the Windows Installer properties dialog box.
💠 Click Start and then click Apply to apply the changes.
💠 Finally, click OK to restart the software installation.

Note: If the error is still not fixed, restart Windows and configure the computer for a “clean” startup.

💠 Go to Start and enter System Configuration in the search text field.
💠 Press Enter.
💠 Select System Configuration from the menu option from the programs list and enter password.
💠 Choose the Selective Startup menu option and clear the following check boxes: load startup items, load system services, and the use original boot configuration.
💠 Select Services, select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click on the Disable All menu option.
💠 Select OK and restart the computer. Error 1603 should now be fixed.

Issues with Sage Taxation software can also crop up if the Installer is unable to access your Temporary folder where log files for installation are stored. To check if the folder is fully accessible,

💠 Click on Start. In the Search field, type %temp% and press Enter.
💠 If the folder opens up without issue, then %Temp% Directory is not causing issues with your software installation.

However, if you are unable to access the folder, then you need expert help from Accountingadvice to fix the issue.