"tonman" <tonman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>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 to start setup. Click
> OK
> to reboot. Click Cancel to exit setup and install later."
>
> I've rebooted a dozen times or so and nothing changes. Since this is a
> new
> dev machine, I've uninstalled several programs (like norton security,
> etc.)
> that came with the computer OOB.
>
> Is there some flag or registry key that I should be looking at to install
> VS.NET? What is VS.NET looking at to make this determination and how do i
> fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> Tony