I'm configuring Visual Studio .Net for a large scale college classroom deployment. The professor insists that students must be members of the "admin" group. I think in some cases that may be true, but in general lower level classes can get by using only "user" rights. I expect to have to make ex...more >>

I've been exclusively a visual basic programmer. I decided to add c#. I ran add features from 3 different dvds that contained vs.net 2003, first navigating to the section that exposed the vsnet setup program. I tried staring the autoexec. after that didn't work I tried setup.exe In the end...more >>

I have vs.net enterprise architect and windows xp home edition. I keep getting the error internal error 25003 when trying to install the software after browsing the newsgroups and the msdn, i have discovered that the source of this problem is that hte media is corrupt. However the problem...more >>

I've downloaded and burned the 2005 cds 1 and 2 and verified that the checksums from the iso files match those generated from the cd (ie - i know the cd burned correctly) I've also extracted the .iso file to a directory on the server and tried the install from there. I get essentially random fai...more >>

Hi All, I want to install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer. 19 CDs were delivered to me. Out of them there are 2 dics named Disc1 and Disc2. Can anybody guide me as to how I should go about with the installation. How long will it take for the installation? Thanks....more >>

Hello, after installing Office 2003 on my windows XP Profesisonal system, when starting Visual Studio .net 2003, the Windows installer pooped in and wanted to configure Visio. Since I was not in my office then, I did not have the Visio Cd avaiable and eventually removed grudgingly Visio from ...more >>

I cant' install VS .Net 2005, because when I tryed from my DVD drive after a few minutes ask me for "English Disk 1", if I copy all the DVD for my hard dysk I obtain an error unpacking one cab file. Someone could help me? Thanks in advance fLIck...more >>

I'm trying to install Visual Web Developer Express 2005 Beta 1 on Win2k SP3. Once I get to the download part, it doesn't start downloading anything and crashes there. The error is setup encountered problems. On the first try, it started downloading Ok. I wanted to test if resume on download ...more >>

I'm running Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 and cannot be VS. NET Enterprise Architect 2002 to install. I saw a 6/2/04 post from Max Palmer and saw that he was getting the same error message trying to install VS .NET 2003 on XP with SP1. My take is that the problem in .NET 2002 wasn't correct...more >>

I'm running Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 and cannot be VS. NET Enterprise Architect 2002 to install. I saw a 6/2/04 post from Max Palmer and saw that he was getting the same error message trying to install VS .NET 2003 on XP with SP1. My take is that the problem in .NET 2002 wasn't correct...more >>

I'm running Windows 2000 with SP 4 and have been unable to install VS .NET 2002. While looking around the VS .NET Support site, I found a 6/2/04 post titled "Many problems installing VS .NET 2003" by Max Palmer that had the same error messages I'm getting. Until I found this, I thought there might...more >>

"Common Setup Files 3790.0" runs EVERY TIME I start VS. I did about 4 things the other day, and I suspect one of them caused this to setup to stick: 1) Uninstall Outlook Express 2) Uninstall Internet Explorer (from desktop) 3) Make Mozilla default for everyting 4) Install a huge pile of new...more >>

Sorry if off topic. I really need to get a laptop computer for doing homework with and Visual Studio .Net and ..Oracle 9i. but I don't have alot of money. What is the minimum processor and memory you would suggest or have been successful with. Thanks Dave ...more >>

Hi, I have VS.NET Deployment project and is permit change the installation path. I need to make a registry entry with the installation path that user select. How can I archive this in VS.NET Deployment project? ...more >>

On framework 2.0 install error show. How install vs 2005 beta in virtual pc ?????...more >>

Hi, I need to make a registry entry for the date of installation. How can I achive this in VS.NET Deployment project? -- Regards Vipul Patel ...more >>

I receive the following error when I try to update or remove VS .Net 2003 from my desk top. Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - English: [2] ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND returned in CRootComponent::Install; could not find file: c:\WINDOWS\Installer\546023b.msi A previous post said ...more >>

Hello, I have created an msi which calls an executable as a custom action. If an error occurs inside the custom action exe and I throw it, the exception is treated as unhandled. Is there a way for me send the error back to the msi when my custom action is an executable? Thanks Ashok...more >>

I get the following when I try to uninstall or reinstall VSNET 2003 on WinXP Pro [07/12/04,11:43:12] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper() [07/12/04,11:43:12] setup.exe: [2] Component error string not specified in ISetupManager::Add...more >>

Here is what I got after the reboot. Installing VS Studio... ***EndOfSession***[07/11/04,20:34:28] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InstallManagerHelper() with HRESULT -2147023901. [07/11/04,20:34:29] setup.exe: [2] Component error string not specified in...more >>

I have Visual Studio.NET 2002 (academic) installed. In the interest of tidiness I'd prefer to drop my shiny new VC++.NET 2003 Standard on top of this. Is this a practical, sensible thing to do? Wouldn't this be similar to bumping from VS.NET 2002 to VS.NET 2003? Can VB.NET 2002 Academic / C#.NET 200...more >>

I'm trying to install just the C++ component. I've tried a number of permutations. It always fails near the end with the following message in the log: [07/06/04,16:16:52] vs70uimgr: Entering DisplayMessage() method. [07/06/04,16:16:52] vs70uimgr: DisplayMessage_START:Error 1935.An error occure...more >>

Setup Error: CoCreateInstance() failed to create a BackgroundCopyManager. Any ideas?...more >>