I want to install VS.net 2003 with web hosting on WinXP Pro that already has SP2 and updates installed. The prereq instructions are to install SP2 and critical updates AFTER adding Windows components (IIS, FP Server Extensions). 1. What is the proper procedure if SP2 is already installed be...more >>

installing vs 2005 b2 on W2003 (Build 3790.srv03_gdr.040410-1234) server fails with very little info as to the cause of the failure. Installs fine on w2k sp4. Any one got any info on this. The log file contents : [07/21/05,22:05:22] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error code 4121 for ...more >>

I attempted to install VS.NET 2003 and received internal error 25003 and the install failed. This is a laptop that met the prerequisits, OS is XP Pro SP2 with SQL 2000 Developers Edition installed. I could not find an answer on the MS site. SusieJackie SusieJackie@nospam.nospam ...more >>

WinXP-Pro 512 meg ram 20 gig drive 8 gig free. SP2. I am trying to install or re-install VS2003 it bombs. I am a new employee and took over a former's desktop. That had VS2003, but it didn't work. I uninstalled VS2003 and when I re-install it thinks it's still there. I deleted the dirs...more >>

Inexplicably, VS can no longer access by local SQL Server, although I can still see it in Enterprise Manager. Further, I can still access a remote SQL Server through VS. It has been working without a problem for months. Now, suddenly, when I try to click on my local SQL Server with Server E...more >>

I've found references on the web about a thread in this newsgroup from early 2004. Apparently there is a patch to allow the WebSetup package created by VS.NET to install to a different target directory. The thread mentioned that the only way to get the patch is through PSS. With my MSDN sub...more >>

uninstall and reinstall VS 2003. Program installer does not show up in Add/Remove programs or Windows\Installer cache. When I try to run setup program from disk, either repair or uninstall, I get two messages: 1. Setup is unable to find baseline data. 2. [07/14/05,16:55:44] Visual Studi...more >>

I'm having a major problem with VS .NET 2005 Beta 2. I installed it and it didn't work. I reported this on the Feedback site. However, my MSDN library - January 2005 stopped working. I've just uninstalled the libray and reinstalled it but the same symtoms persist. On the index tab, the ...more >>

Hi, I am having major problems with Beta 2. My Win XP2 system has VS 6.0 and previously had VS 2005 Beta 1. I uninstalled the Beta 1 in the recommended order, then I installed Beta2 (with the default options) from a DVD created from the MSDN iso image download. With an open .NET C++ p...more >>

I am trying to install the vs.net prereq on my new dev machine. i am getting the folloiwng message: "Setup has detected that another program requires the computer to reboot. You must reboot the computer before installing Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites. Once the system reboots, you need...more >>

Hello there, I created a MSI file and used the WsShell script to autolaunch an exe (which is shipped within my MSI file). I set this script on the commit of "Custom action editor" and set CustomActionData . I was successfully able to launch the application, as soon as the installation was comp...more >>

I dloaded an ISO image for Visual Studio .NET 2005 BETA 2 (Standard Edition) and burned this to DVD. I installed Visual Studio .NET 2005 BETA 2 just fine. However, there were NO options for installing any MSDN Libraries. Now I want to install the latest and greatest MSDN library for .NET 2...more >>

Hello, I have a big problem which I hope you people can help me with. When I try starting my VS.NET 2003 I get an error message saying: Visual Studio .NET is unable to load because the file MSXML3.DLL cannot be loaded. Please see Knowledge base article Q306905 at http://support.m...more >>

Hello, I recently installed Visual Studio .NET 2003 on my computer. However, when I attempted to install the MSDN Library, I got the following error: Error 1305.Error reading from file: D:\Program Files\MSDN\2003JAN\1033\dv_vstechart.hxs Verify that the file exists and that you can acc...more >>

I have Windows XP Pro with SP2 installed on a new notebook. A totally new install of the OS with drivers and other updates from windowsupdate.com. Problem - I put in the Visual Studio .Net installation disk and *absolutely*nothing*happens*! If I doubleclick on autorun.exe, I see it start in...more >>

Hi, I'm using Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect (version 2002) now in my PC. A few days ago I found the Debug->Start function was not working .. Whenever I called this function, on any of my projects VS Studio .NET just hang there (but I work still work with my XP machine on other appli...more >>