1163-Error 1718 File filename.msi was rejected by digital signature policy (Message can appear during SES installation)

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Error 1718: File <filename.msi> was rejected by digital signature policy (Message can appear during SES installation)

Symptom

Error message appears when installing  a large Windows Installer package (such as SES) or a large Windows Installer patch package in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows XP:  The error message will read as follows:  "Error 1718. File <filename.msi> was rejected by digital signature policy"

Cause

This problem occurs if the Windows Installer process has insufficient contiguous virtual memory to verify that the .msi package or the .msp package is correctly signed.

Resolution

See the following article in Microsoft's Knowledge base, and follow the steps in that article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925336

 

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  • Error message or code: Error 1718: File was rejected by digital signature policy
  • Version: Affects all versions of SD