Visual Studio 2008 SP1 encounters setup errors every time. Re-installing doesn't helps

Question

Hello, I m Sujay Srivastava(student of XI Standard). I have always used your product named Visual Studio 2008 Express edition. But this time when i try to install i always get a setup error. I re-installed it several times but it doesn't helps. I am using Windows7 64-bit. The details of errors are mentioned below. Kindly look into it at the earliest.  

VISUAL STUDIO .EXE STOPPED WORKING error:-

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: BEX
  Application Name: setup.exe_Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008
  Application Version: 9.0.30729.1
  Application Timestamp: 488f1f5c
  Fault Module Name: unknown
  Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
  Exception Offset: 0074006e
  Exception Code: c0000005
  Exception Data: 00000008
  OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
  Locale ID: 16393

Additional information about the problem:
  LCID: 1033

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VISUAL STUDIO ERROR:-

Description:
  Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition with SP1 - ENU has encountered a problem during setup.  Setup did not complete correctly. 

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: VisualStudio8Setup
  Problem Signature 01: 10860
  Problem Signature 02: 9.0.30729.01_ORCAS_X86_NET
  Problem Signature 03: MSI
  Problem Signature 04: INST
  Problem Signature 05: F
  Problem Signature 06: -
  Problem Signature 07: -
  Problem Signature 08: 2
  Problem Signature 09: -
  Problem Signature 10: -
  OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
  Locale ID: 16393

Additional information about the problem:
  LCID: 1033

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Answer 1

Since this is an installation problem I expect you should try here. This is a forum for C++ language rather than general install/setup one.

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Answer 2

Hi srivastava1995,

According to my research and Riced's reply, I'd like to move this thread to "Installing and Registering Visual Studio Express Editions Forum" for better support, where more experts live.

Thanks for your understanding.
Best regards,

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Helen Zhao [MSFT]
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Answer 3

Hi srivastava1995,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

I cannot find the root reason with your infor here, could you please show us your installation logs to analyze?

Please collect VS2008 Installation logs with this tool.

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E0DA314F-6216-4A18-BC6B-  7D29CF83AF20&displaylang=e&displaylang=en 

After you run Collect.exe, you'll find vslogs.cab in your %temp% directory. Please upload vslogs.cab to a public site, like SkyDrive, and post the link here. (Please clear your %temp% folder, then run your installation again)

Best regards,

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Barry Wang [MSFT]
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