Q: When installing Malwarebytes, I get this message: Installation failed: Failed to open service Control Manager DB. Win32 error code 5 or 1726. How do you troubleshooting?
Chicagotech.net: 1. Disabling firewall for a test.
2. disable any security software such as anti virus for a test.
3. Make sure Remote Registry service is running.
4. Make sure network sharing is enabled.
5. Check WMI on Malwarebytes installation.
In out case, Disable McAfee anti virus fixes the problem.