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Article ID: CTX138332
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Description
The installation of a Hotfix or Hotfix Rollup is failed and rolls back to “Stopping Services”.
Event Log captures the following error:
“Error 1603: A fatal error occurred during installation.”
Resolution
To resolve the issue, manually try to start the Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service.

Problem Cause
The Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service is stopped.
Issue/Introduction
This article provides a resolution for the Hotfix or Hotfix Rollup Error 1603: A fatal error occurred during installation.