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"Error 997.overlapped Io Operation Is in Progress

The document discusses the "error 997.overlapped i/o operation is in progress" error when installing software on Windows. It recommends renaming a folder, confirming administrator ownership of another folder, potentially creating a registry key, and removing specific Windows updates and restarting to resolve the issue.

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"Error 997.overlapped Io Operation Is in Progress

The document discusses the "error 997.overlapped i/o operation is in progress" error when installing software on Windows. It recommends renaming a folder, confirming administrator ownership of another folder, potentially creating a registry key, and removing specific Windows updates and restarting to resolve the issue.

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About “error 997.

overlapped i/o operation is in progress”, you can check this blog:


https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsnetsetup/2014/10/27/error-997-overlapped-io-operation-
is-in-progress-kb2918614-breaks-windows-installer-service/

1. Renaming C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18 to
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18_old

2. Confirm the administrator is the ownership and full control on the


C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18 folder, if not, took ownership and re-
applied permissions as full control on this.

3. If you do not have this registry key:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsInstaller, you can
back up the registry table and create it and add DWORD "SecureRepairPolicy with
value of 1.

Windows update is up-to-date, after that, search for KB2918614/


KB3072630/KB3000988/KB3008627 and once it is found, remove it and restart the
computer

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