Yes! First of all, big thanks to Joe Healey, Jeff Barnes, Microsoft, and the Tallahassee DOTNET User Group for the recent InstallFest where I got my copy of Visual Studio 2008. Only problem was, I got the following unexpected errors every time I tried to run the install from the provided DVD:
[01/17/08,18:42:46] Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64): [2] Error code 1 for this component means “Incorrect function. “
[01/17/08,18:42:46] Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64): [2] Component Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64) returned an unexpected value.
[01/17/08,18:42:46] Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64): [2] Return from system messaging: Incorrect function.
[01/17/08,18:42:53] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293.
[01/17/08,18:42:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64) is not installed.
[01/17/08,18:42:46] Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64): [2] Component Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64) returned an unexpected value.
[01/17/08,18:42:46] Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64): [2] Return from system messaging: Incorrect function.
[01/17/08,18:42:53] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293.
[01/17/08,18:42:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (x64) is not installed.
Very frustrating indeed. Still, the socializing/networking was excellent, the swag was great, and I felt challenged to try and find an answer. More than that, a good friend of mine kept on telling me, “We’re not the first ones this has happened to; someone HAS to have figured this out already”. Near the end of our User Group meeting I stumbled on several posts which pointed at the following fix. It turnes out the problem is that v3.5 on the DVD doesn’t work with Vista 64-bit (and possibly other product versions), and was recently updated (1/11/2008).
- Reboot your computer.
- Uninstall (from Programs / Features; look on the left hand side of the window and click “View installed updates”):
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB110806)
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB930264) [you might not find this one]
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB929300) [you might not find this one]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6&displaylang=en
At this point my installation succeeded. w00t!
Thanks to the following posts which helped me get things going:
- http://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde/archive/2007/08/13/resolution-wpf-stops-working-with-vs-2008-beta-2.aspx
- http://dotnetslackers.com/Visual_Studio/re-65988_Visual_Studio_2008_Install_Problems_and_Solutions.aspx
- http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/08/24/4548657.aspx
Ok, I’m tired now; my eyes are starting to cross and my wife is looking at me crazy.
Happy hunting! I’m going to bed.
Thoughts from "him" 