I am taking a course in Visual Basic .Net and After I finish my courses I would like to convert some of my existing applications to .net. Is there any functional differences between the academic and the retail version ? Thanks ...more >>

Just installed Visual Studio.Net, .Net Framework 1.1, and Visual Basic.Net 2003. All went perfectly. However there is a new User Acct called ASP.Net Machine A..., limited, & password protected, making me select my own Acct at startup. I am the Admin and only person using my Win XP Home ma...more >>

I installed VS .NET on 2000 pro laptop with plenty of memory and speed. The install of the update components, framework and studio seemed to go fine. When I launch the application itshows the Application Wizard for approximately 5 seconds then the system blue screens with a quick memory d...more >>

I've given up on VS.Net, and want to uninstall it from my machine, maybe try again in five years. But it won't let me uninstall. After confirming that I do indeed want to uninstall, not repair or reinstall, bla bla, it starts the Uninstall process. But the little horizontal bar never moves...more >>

Does anybody know where the MS Frontpage 2000 web extensions client can be downloaded? My son got ahold of my component update CD and now the weccom_1033.msm file is corrupt....more >>

I have VS.NET Enterprise Architect 2002 installed on Win XP SP1 and am not able to view any help topics in Visual Studio. I just get "The page cannot be displayed" and in the title bar, it says [cannot find server]. I started noticing this after I installed MSDN Oct 2001 to update my help top...more >>

I am currently running VS2003 and wanted to know if there was a way to set VS to use both the 1.0 and 1.1 framework. We currently run PlumTree portal software and it only works in .NET 1.0 however I have more apps that are in the 1.1 framework. Is there a way to switch which framework to ...more >>

I am running Visual Studio .NET 2003 on a Windows 2000 Professional Machine. I have IIS version 5.0, and the .NET 1.1 framework installed. I cannot create ASP.NET applications I get this message " Visual studio .NET has detected that the specified web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1....more >>

I have a setup project in VS.NET 03, but I can not find an option for creating a REG_MULTI_SZ in the Registry view. Every other type seems to be there, just not that one. Is there some workaround that will allow me to create REG_MULTI_SZ strings in my setup project? ...more >>

When attempting to run set-up.exe from the CD, I get stuck on the message "Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites" which indicates that system components required for set-up do not match those found on my computer. From the documentation, it seems as though my system components meet requirement...more >>

Hello, When installing VS .NET, the setup routine asks me to remove the .NET framework on my machine (v. 1.0.3328). When uninstalling this, the uninstaller asks for a network resource in C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\. Does anyone knows what is happening, or what the un...more >>

I just purchased the book Microsoft Visual Basic.NET step by step author Michael Halvorson pay $128.00 Installed the MSDN Library successfully, however the VB.NET IDE environment is no where to be found, the book Included Visual Basic .NET standard. Thank you for your help. ...more >>

Hi all, trying to develop my first deployment project with VS.NET on a XP pro box, I get such an error message "ERROR: "D:\Programmi\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\Deployment\.\MsiRedist\InstMsiW.Exe". not found - 'Class not registered.'" though the mentioned files does exist! Any ide...more >>

I have a 40gb, 1gb ram, P4 Compaq machine. I have windows 2000 with service pack 4 installed on it. When I use visual studio .net it hangs most of the time while opening/running even a windows project. The visual studio's installation was successful. On another machine with almost similar ...more >>

Yo, I'm running VS.NET 2003 trial edition and it keeps crashing when I try to execute even a simple program. I'm told this is because my processor is an inadequate 98-lb. weakling AMD Duron, and I should upgrade to Athlon XP. Any truth to this? OS is W2000SP3 with 512 RAM. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi all! :O) Problem : I getting this message when I launch the VS.NET Setup (disk 1). Cause (I think) : I got a blackout when I first tried to install it... it cut approximatively at 40% of the installation of the disk 1.. Solution : Looking for it... Any one has an idea?! (I hope I won't hav...more >>

I recently purchased a book titled "Programming with Microsoft Visual C++.net" and it comes with Visual studio on a cd. When I insert the cd my computer will not read it. Its a dvd rom and this book would basicly be usless without it. What can i do?...more >>

I recently purchased a book titled "Programming with Microsoft Visual C++.net" and it comes with Visual studio on a cd. When I insert the cd my computer will not read it. Its a dvd rom and this book would basicly be usless without it. What can i do?...more >>

Hi, Can you please help me with my VS .net Enterprise installation it's always hanging and asking for the following file : Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio ..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\QuickStart\winforms\samples\data\webservicebinding \vb\client\web references\localhost\SimpleCustomer...more >>

I have a Vb.net web project whose install class I am overriding during the setup process. It worked before, now all of a sudden, I get this error. I have do have launch conditions, but they have worked spectacularly without error before. I have made no significant changes to the setup, outs...more >>

I have been using VS .NET 2003 for two weeks with no problems. Today I double clicked a .sln file and got this message: Project X could not be loaded because Microsoft Visual C# .NET compiler could not be created I found nothing on MSDN about this and only about 2 references on google. ...more >>

Hi, I am adding a sql file which will attached a database placed in one particular folder. But it never works. Any idea? Thanks in advance, Sachi .. ...more >>

Hi, With ref. to our previous discussions regarding Installer and merge moudle now I had merged windows service and web service together. But now while uninstalling windows service is not been uninstalled. Any particular problem? But when I tried to installed windows service seperat...more >>

I first tried to install VS.NET on Win2K on my machine and I am unable to install the Setup Runtime Files component. I've installed IIS and every other component the machine has on Win2K but I don't understand what's going on. Any ideas or does anyone need more information? Thanks for a...more >>

Hi, I am very new to the whole ,Net and VS environment, and need to upgrade a VS.Net to the 2003 edition. .Net Framework 1.1 is already installed. 1. I assume .Net Framework 1.1 includes asp.net as well, is this assumption correct? 2. Do I need to uninstall VS.Net first then install the 200...more >>

Hi, I am running W2K Advanced Server. I have VS.NET 2002 Enterprise Edition currently installed and my Framework has been recently been upgraded to 1.1 I installed all prerequisites and when I put disk 1 of VS.NET 2003 Enterprise Edition it starts the install process. I select the apps ...more >>

Hi everybody, I am new here. I had a really hard time to upgrade my vs.net 2002 to vs.net 2003. Just after I inserted the prerequesite cd and hit ok. I got a error message - encounter problem with setup component. It isn't a network install. Why I got this error message? Can any one help? I am ne...more >>

While i am installing Visual Studio .net i got message like Error 1935. An error occured during the installation of assembly component {F7B1ACC6-3906-4BC0-B2C7-D42F192C8C17},HRESULT: -2147319761. So i want to know how this occur. If anybody can have answer pl. reply and oblige. regards sun...more >>

I just got 2003 upgrade in the post. In preparation, I'm trying to uninstall 2002. I went into Add/Remove programs, clicked MS Studio .NET, clicked option 2 to change/remove .NET, but it fails. It gives me the very unhelpful "An error occurred processing setup files" message. What am I sup...more >>

How can I install VS.Net 2002 on win 98?...more >>

I've been following a Webcast to learn how to include MSDE as part of a VB.Net Windows application. The problem I am having is that when I run an 'Install' of the deployment project, a message box appears with the following: "A strong SA password is required for security reasons. Please u...more >>

Can I install Visual Studio .NET 2002 on Windows Server 2003? If so where is it available. Iam not able to find in MSDN. I need to install VS .NET 2002 and not 2003. Thanks and Regards Usha....more >>

Hi, I want to use the Data Access Application Block (1.0)(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/daab-rm.asp) but two of the four requirements are: 1. RTM version of the .NET Framework SDK 2. The RTM version of Visual Studio .NET (recommended but not re...more >>

Visual Studio .NET 2003 new installation on XP Professional: I am installing from a directory made according to the directions in the readme. It does part 1 OK. It gets to vdt70vcs.dll in part 2. and asks to "Please insert the disk: Visual Studio Professional 2000 - English Disk 1." ...more >>

I have successfully installed VS-2003-EA on an XP-pro machine with IIS. This is a stand-alone maching connected to a peer-to-peer network (workgroup). I have downloaded, and I believe installed MSDE. When I click on the MSSQL icon I open the SQL Service Server Manager screen. Dropdown arrow...more >>

hello i use the setup wizard of visual studio .net to make a installer package,in my program,there are several "*.dll" file,i follow instruction(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us /vsintro7/html/vbtskcreatinginstallerforyourapplication.asp),it generated three files...more >>

I get the installation error 2755 when trying to install a .NET Windows Service deployment setup to the target computer. What does this mean and how can I resolve it? Thanks, Troy ...more >>

Is it possible (ie., legal) for me to uninstall visual studio from one machine, and reinstall it with th esame license on another? Will the activation work again? Do Have to call microsoft to do this? Etc. I'd like to migrate to a better machine, but I won't be able to afford it if I h...more >>

My machine is running Window XP Pro. I originally had VS.NET 2002 Enterprise Architect. Now I uninstalled VS.NET 2002, and installed VS.NET 2003 -- all went well. Then I open up the VS.NET 2003 (Enterprise Architect, final beta), migrated the settings, then the activation wizard just say tha...more >>

Hi All, I recently had that most frustrating of problems...a win2000 configuration file corruption without having a backup....(Will I never learn?) Anyway, I have re-installed Visual Studio .net but I am having a problem I have not seen before. When I start VS studio.net it comes up with a...more >>

dears when i try to install VS.net ent. some error in 1th step says " some component of your system are not compatible with VS version" in prerequestic. please help to install!? thanks...more >>

Hi, I've just installed VS .Net 2003 Enterprise Architect on a XP Pro machine. Everytime I try to create a project in whatever language I get the message Automation Server can't create object. Any ideas what this is about? Regards, Gavin Sullivan ...more >>

Hi, I've been having a trouble installing Visual Studio .NET. At the very end of the installation process, it comes up with the error dialog box saying "Cannot find one or more components. Please reinstall the application." Has anybody had the same problem. How did you fix it? Thank! ...more >>

Installing VS.net enterprise architect and after about 1/2 to 1/3 of the files are copied, I wind up with this Internal Error 2337. Running Windows 2000 Professional....more >>

Hi. When I tried to install VS.net, I encounter an error message that says the file .net\vc7vcwizards\addresources\ scripts\default.js is missing or corrupt. The file does exist on the disk. How do I go about correcting this error? ...more >>

I have a Windows Application project. Since some computers do not have the ..NET Framework 1.1, I set the Supported Runtimes to Both Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 and v1.0 (advanced). This should allow the application to run if only the .NET Framework 1.0 is installed. However, when I create a...more >>