I suspected that something was wrong with my installation of VS.net 2003 Professional. I was having problems in my debugger. I decided to do a repair or update. The original install of VS was done on a DVD labeled May 2003 from MSDN. Subsequently I have received newer DVDs from MSDN with VS....more >>

Hi All, I am doing an application project using VB.Net using VS.Net 2003. My requirement is such that I need to create a one click install that includes, 1. .Net 1.1 Framework install (if not there already). 2. MDAC 2.7 install (if not there already). 3. MSDE install (if a MSDE instance ...more >>

I have been using an academic trial version of Visual Studio .NET 2002. I am getting popup messages that I'm only entitled to use this until Dec 31 2003. So I bought a full version, installed and registered it without error. I am still getting the warning with the same Dec 31 deadline. Sho...more >>

Does anyone know how to create a setup project using Visual Studio .Net with a "silent" install option? Thanks, Rob Oliver ...more >>

Am trying to install VC .NET 2003 on Win XP Pro. The installation does not give any error messages until the setup application notes the setup has failed. I have consulted all KB articles and newsgroup threads to no avail. I have placed a copy of all setup logs, and related information at ...more >>

Hi, When i am installing the visual studio 2003 and completes the installation it says my serial is invalid! Any ideas? Thanks in advance ...more >>

At development time, I'd like to be able to partially sign (delayed sign) an assembly and include that assembly in an MSI setup project for deployment to the GAC on my development machine. Since it is a requirement for assemblies to be strongly named to go into the GAC, I figured turning on 'sk...more >>

I just installed Win2k SP4 on my remote server and now I can not start my c# project in the debugger. I can attach the process and debug it that way. I tried to re-install the remote componenets on the server but get he same error message "Error while trying to run project: unable to start d...more >>

Every time I launch VS .NET 2003 it starts an installer process and brings up a window with the following message: "Please wait while Windows configures Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003." I have reinstalled VS .NET three times. Still have the same problem. Previously the mes...more >>

HEY FELLOW MICROSOFT SUCKERS. IT ONLY TOOK ME 2 HOURS TO FIND OUT HOW TO POST A SHITTY MESSAGE AT SHITTY MICROSOFT / NO SUPPORT AVAIABLE WEBSHITSITE. I GUESS I WILL RETURN THIS CRAPPY ASS PRODUCT BECAUSE CRYSTAL CHARTS IS APPARENTLY MISSING FROM THE CRAPPY TEMPLETS SO IT MUST BE DEFECTIVE...more >>

Hello, I am working on Visual Studio 6.0 and now want to change to visual studio .net, which version of studio .net is best for me- architect or professional. Also how many CDs are there for studio .net and how to install it. I have windows XP professional with 128 MB RAM, 20 GB h...more >>

Hi, My client is requesting the ability to specify the physical location of web application files at installation time. Is it possible to create the necessary IIS virtual directories after they have specified the physical location or do they have to set-up the virtual directory manually in IIS ...more >>

I have installed Visual Studio .Net 2003 on a Windows 2003 Terminal Services server. The default project location for a new user is set to the home directory of the first person that used Visual Studio. I cannot find where the default project location is set in Visual Studio. Can anyone...more >>

I've installed MSDN three times and VS.Net 2003 twice. When I try to go to index or contents or hit F1, VS always claims MSDN is not installed. In my last attempt to make help work, I uninstalled MSDN then VS and installed VS and MSDN to their default locations, going through the steps p...more >>

I am working with set up project. I want to set up Manufacture and ProductName information. I need it for default application folder pass. I found following information in documentation. The Manufacturer property is displayed in the Publisher field of the Support Info dialog box, accessible from...more >>

ll, I am trying to install Visual Studio.NET 2003 and keep getthing an error message as follows: Directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\ File: vdt70vcs.dll And I then get the prompt: Please insert the disk: Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - E...more >>

I would like to Build a Solution or Project while inside Visual Studio .NET 2003 and have the errors reported in a separate file that can be later read by a program outside Visual Studio. Is there a technique already available to provide this file? (I do not want to use the command line comp...more >>

Because my C: is pretty full, I installed Visual C++ .NET 2003 on my E: drive. Now I need to install Visual C# .NET 2003 as well. But the installation path for C# is pointing to C: drive, I cannot customize it to point to E:. Does anyone knows a way to customize it, like .ini or sth like that ...more >>

I am just starting to learn VB.Net and have installed the development environment. I get the following error when attempting to open a sample project: "Unable to open Web project 'aspnetsbs/Chapter01'. The file path 'C:\ASPNETSBS\Chapter01' does not correspond to the URL 'http://Localhos...more >>

There are individuals selling Visual Studio.net Prof /Ent /Ent Arch on eBay for extremely low prices. ie: < $100.00 Does anyone have an opinion regarding the legitimacy of these products or any comments? ...more >>

Basically, I have a copy of Visual Studio.net Enterprise Architect that I'm trying to install on my computer but it fails installation without giving a descriptive error. I'm hoping somebody can point me in the right direction to determine what is the hangup in the install process. The m...more >>

I formatted and re-installed Windows 2000 (SP3), performed all the recommended Microsoft updates including SP4. Installed MSOffice 2000 Pro, Visual Studio .Net 2003. Tried to install Visual Foxpro 8.0 and it failed setting up the prerequisits. Discovered there is a problem with Windows 2...more >>

When my cdrom on autoplay there is a massage :"Windows component update set up has detect that some of windows component that are installed on your computer do not match the versions required for VSNet. You must install a defferent version of these windows component." Is there anybody can e...more >>

When my cdrom on autoplay there is a massage :"Windows component update set up has detect that some of windows component that are installed on your computer do not match the versions required for VSNet. You must install a defferent version of these windows component." Is there anybody can e...more >>

I m getting an error while installing Microsoft Visio for Enterprise Architect. I had installed Visual Studio .Net 2002 - Enterprise Architect earlier and then uninstalled it and installed the Visual Studio .Net 2003 - Enterprise Architect version. Then i tried installing Microsoft Visio f...more >>

I'm installing vs.net pro on my home PC (running XP pro) mainly to learn about it and possibly to create desktop C++ and C# apps and "maybe" a web project, but I hardly know what a web project is. Is a web project something that runs on a web server and does things like dispatch web page...more >>

I own VB 6 Professional. Is this sufficient for an upgrade to VS.net @003 Prof. ?...more >>

We're trying to determine the impact Visual Studio 2003 would have with our existing environments. Does anyone know which dlls are installed with Visual Studio 2003?...more >>

I can not debug a VB.Net program even though the program will compile correctly. The message "The Machine debug manager service is disabled". I tried to reinstall the program using the "setup" part of cd 1 but the set up menu keeps telling me all the components that I need are present. If ...more >>

Greetings all, I apologize for the lengthy description... :) I have a large .NET application that I will be deploying to approx. 150 clients, some being remote users. If this task isnt laborous enough, the application will also have Modifications periodically. Currently I have a network s...more >>

Hi: Can I install .NET Framework SDK 1.1 if I have VS.NET 2003 install the reason that I ask is that because I think my .NET Framework is corrupted because when a I do a windows update it tells me that I need to install SP2 of .NET Framework Thanks ...more >>

Hello group, I'm trying to execute an application but I have this error.. Runtime Error Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reason...more >>

We are learning to build C# Deployment projects with VS.NET 2003 for the Windows Installer. Our solutions have two projects. The first project builds the executable with a ProjectInstall class added and marked with the [RunInstaller(true)] attribute set. The second project is a Setup pr...more >>

I'm trying to install Visual Studio .NET but I'm failing miserably. I tried installing it once and after installing the prerequisites it moved onto the second option. The installation seemed to hang as nothing was happening for several minutes so I killed the process and tried again. Again it se...more >>

I cannot access the help system in VB NET 2003. The MSDN help will open as a separate application from my start menu. Apparently this occurred after I installed the Oct 2003 MSDN update. I noticed a couple of messages in this forum with similar problems but no responses. Any suggestions wou...more >>

I installed Visual Studio .NET 2003 Italian version and, when I try to create a new C# Windows Application project, the following error occurs (more or less, translated from italian): could not find the file default.js or default.vbs in C:\Programmi\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 \VC#...more >>

then? what is it? --- bye by JSMR ...more >>

I have an upgrade version of VS2003 that requires VS2002 to be on the hard disk. Everything worked fine for a long time on my laptop, then I had to reinstall the XP OS after a bad crash (what a night mare) and reinstall all software. All software has reinstalled fine (Office XP, etc.) except V...more >>

(Crossposting to Win2k.general group due to similar problem posted there below.) I am experiencing the same problem described below - I am trying to install VS.net 2003 on a WS with Win2K Sp4. The Pre-reqs fail at installing Frontpage Extensions, and the workaround of running weccom.msi directl...more >>

Hello, The setup process for VS .Net 2003 says a pre-requisite is installation of FrontPage Server Extensions. I'd like to know if the setup will work on Windows 2003 Server with Windows Sharepoint Services 2003 (supposedly replaces FPE) installed and which does not have FPE installed. ...more >>

What is it? I have need of VS NET 2003... helpme ... thanks ...more >>

I'm trying to install Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Developer 2003 - English under XP Pro. I have tried to read all the stuff here, but are still having problems to install it. I dump the error logs I could find here. Please, any help? I have a share on wwwroot according to documention a...more >>

I have an application developed in visual stuido .net. I have create a setup program. IS there a way to install this application to remote nodes? Does the setup and deployment feature in VS.net allow this? Can anybody tell me how to install an application to remote servers/computers? Thank ...more >>

Each time I launch either Visual Studio .NET or MSDN Library, a dialog box with the message "Please wait while windows configures Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architecture 2003 - English" shows up. It takes several minutes for the dialog to dissapear. Can anyone tells me why it needs to c...more >>

Hi everyone, I am tring to install Visual Studio.NET and get it to use the .NET framework version 1.1 (not 1.0). I already have the .NET framework 1.1 and SDK installed on my computer, however when I try to install Visual Studio it wants to install version 1.0 of the framework, obviously not ...more >>