Vistual Studio 2005 error on Vista Feb CTP (5308)

Question

A fresh install of Vista 5308, with a fresh install of Visual Studio 2005 pro and as soon as I fire it up, Vista shuts it down... no specific error, just the standard dialog.

Can someone verify that this actually operates for me? The only other thing on the box ATM is Office 2003.

Answer 1

Hi,

Yes I have got your configuration working I am running:-

Vista 5308

Visual Studio 2005 Pro

Office 2003 Pro

Try login in as the local Administrator on the workstation if you are not already doing that to see if it works, all the problems I had were to do with security.

 

Regards

 

Alex

 

Answer 2

Hi Alex,

Could you please tell me how you installed VS 2005?

I have the exact same setup (office 2003 installed on 5308).
My VS.NET setup fails everytime. Either it fails to load all setup components,
hangs in the middle (usually during the "Hide_VBasicSharedDirData" action) or Vista crashes in bluescreen or simply locks up...

I have suspected a security issue all a long but have not been able to solve the problem.

I have (among other things) tried to:
- Shutdown/re-configure Windows Defender
- Shutdown/allow all traffic in Windows Firewall
- Reset/configured NTFS security descriptors a zillion times...
- Tried to install from a local folder, mapped network drive and burned to disc (DVD)
- Booted Vista in the special "allow unsigned drivers.." mode
- Safe Mode install

I have tried all of the above several times with two different versions of RTM VS.NET 2005.
- Professional and Team Architect Edition

/Oscar

Answer 3

The error that I consistently get is:

Setup has encountered a problem trying to copy:

E:\vs\Setup\gencomp.dll

I've tried more than one copy of the installation disk (thinking I might have scratched it or something) and I've successfully installed Visual Studio Pro using this DVD.

I have the same setup as the folks above.

Answer 4

Try copying the CD/DVD to your hard drive and install from there.

I've seen some issues with the CD/DVD not being read property on a machine with Vista.

 

Answer 5

Thank you, that works great!