I'm stuck. If I try to re-install it shows that a previous install failed.
Then when it tries to uninstall, that fails as well.

I tried windows installer cleanup, but this didn't help.

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Note I'm running Windows XP SP2 with all current updates.

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I got past the uninstall issues, but when I re-install I get this error log:

[04/20/06,11:43:37] Visual Studio .NET Academic - English: [2] ERROR:
Internal Error 2753.
FL_devenv_exe_____X86.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8
[04/20/06,11:43:37] Visual Studio .NET Academic - English: [2] ACTION
FAILURE: Action ended 11:43:37:
CA_DevEnv_Setup.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8. Return value 3. See MSI
log for details.
[04/20/06,11:43:37] Visual Studio .NET Academic - English: [2] ACTION
FAILURE: Action ended 11:43:37: INSTALL. Return value 3. See MSI log for
details.
[04/20/06,11:43:38] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install()
failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper()
[04/20/06,11:43:38] setup.exe: [2] Component error string not specified in
ISetupManager::AddToActionResultCollection()

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No, I did an uninstall and removed all the program directories.
I haven't tired zapping the keys yet but I did a run through with regedit
removing anything with the words visual studio in it.

Now the uninstall is working, and it appears to be removing keys properly.

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It would take about 10 nights in a row to reinstall the OS, applications,
and all the games I have.

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It's here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320114/en-us

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Windows \ Installer is empty, stuck at step 1.

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<snip>
You may think so, but you've got leftovers hanging around.
You're down to either trying manual removal steps or wiping your install
drive and reinstalling from the OS up.
VS 2002 manual removal articles are no longer available, but you can try
adjusting these steps, saved from an article by Tim Macaulay [Msft]:

o Start > Run and type Installer and then click Ok· You are now viewing the
Windows Installer Cached msi files of installed products.§ Select the menu
option View > Details§ Right click on the Column Header 'Date Modified' and
select Comments§ Locate the msi file with one of the following titles in the
Comments Column· Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - English·
Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer 2003 - English· Visual Studio .NET
Professional 2003 - English· Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003 - English·
Visual C# .NET Standard 2003 - English· Visual C++ .NET Standard 2003 -
English· Visual J# .NET Standard 2003 - English§ Right click on this cached
msi file and select Uninstall§ Close this Windowo Zap the Windows Registry
of the specific Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003 product you have with the
MSIZap.exe utility § Download the Windows Installer SDK to obtain the
msizap.exe utility. You can download the Windows Installer SDK from
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/§ Start > Run and
type cmd and then click Ok§ Type CD\ and then press the {ENTER} key§
Navigate to the directory to where the msizap.exe utility was placed after
downloading the msizap.exe utility from the Windows Installer SDK§ Type
msizap TP {Product Code} and then press the {ENTER} key· ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECT: Msizap TP {E05F0409-0E9A-48A1-AC04-E35E3033604A}· ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPER: msizap TP {60600409-EA9B-45E9-A468-2C68C8DE70DF}· PROFESSIONAL:
msizap TP {20610409-CA18-41A6-9E21-A93AE82EE7C5}· VB .NET: msizap TP
{F0620409-8B20-48A0-ACA0-09D5FC90D316}· VC# .NET: msizap TP
{70630409-190D-4B06-A8AD-86DA9CE92D73}· VC++ .NET: msizap TP
{A0640409-7336-456F-9FA9-1F129F0547F4}· VJ# .NET: msizap TP
{90650409-E202-4014-B6A4-D277D1C16D5C}o Uninstall the Components from the
Windows Component Update portion of setup§ Start > Run and type Installer
and then click Ok· You are now viewing the Windows Installer Cached msi
files of installed products by the Windows Installer.§ Select the menu
option View > Details§ Right click on the column header 'Date Modified' and
select Comments§ Locate each of the msi file with one of the following
titles in the Comments Column· Microsoft FrontPage Client - English· Visual
Studio.NET Baseline - English§ Right click on this cached msi file and
select uninstall§ Close this windowo Zap the Windows Registry of all
Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2002 Prerequisites products with the MSIZap.exe
utility § Weccom.msi· Type msizap TP {17B66E83-1BC9-11D5-A54A-0090278A1BB8}
and then press {ENTER} key§ Baseline(bootstrap.msi)· Type msizap TP
{D4D24FE5-FAB3-4FE2-AFFC-623955F4DF3A} and then press {ENTER} keyo Start >
Run and type %programfiles% and then click ok§ Locate and Rename Microsoft
Visual Studio .Net§ Double Click on the folder Common Files § Double click
on the folder Microsoft Shared§ Locate and Rename VS7Debug Folder§ Close
this windowo Start > Run and type RegEdit§ Remove
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1§ Remove
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Visual JSharp\7.1§ Remove
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1§ Close this windowo
Restart the computero Clean out the Temp Folder§ Start > Run and type %Temp%
and then click Ok§ Select All (CTRL+A)§ Delete· You may not be able to
delete all files, but please delete as many as possible.§ Close this Windowo
Disable any Anti-Virus or Firewall Software that may be installed§
Recommended that if the user has an Internet Connection of a Cable Modem or
DSL that the user unplug from the modem to ensure safety when disabling the
Anti-Virus or Firewall software.o Install Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003