Visual Studio 2008 & Windows Vista
Earlier, this week I've installed the new version of VS Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 pre-release on my vista, and the installation fails many times. After a many times of trying and investigation the installation success and I've discovered mainly the following problem:-
The KB110806 and KB929300 cause a problem when trying to install the .NET Framework 3.5:
Those Hot Fixes will cause a problem during the installation of .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2, to resolve this error:
Goto the Control Panel, Select Program & Features, choose "View Installed updates". Uninstall the following Windows Updates:
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB110806)
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB929300)
After completing the installation, you must re-install the mentioned updates; you can find them in the Visual Studio Installation Folders under the following path:
"Drive:\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetMSP\x86\NetFX2.0-KB110806-v6000-x86.msu"
"Drive:\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetMSP\x86\NetFX3.0-KB929300-v6000-x86.msu"
After completing the installation, you must re-install the mentioned updates; you can find them in the Visual Studio Installation Folders under the following:
"Drive:\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetMSP\x86\NetFX2.0-KB110806-v6000-x86.msu"
"Drive:\wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetMSP\x86\NetFX3.0-KB929300-v6000-x86.msu"