Installing VS2008 (Primarily .Net 3.5 Framework Beta 2) on Vista
Martin Hinshelwood's Blog - Installing the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on Vista
"As you may have seen from my previous post, I have just installed VS2008B2 onto my old work computer, well it is now time to hit my Vista laptop with it:
I just tried to install Visual Studio 2008 Team Suit on my Vista laptop, but it failed on the first hurdle; installing the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
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The Solution
In order to install the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on Vista I had to uninstall some previously installed Hotfixes using these instructions:
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Visual Studio Orcas Install and Setup - [ ERROR ] Can't install .NET Framework 3.5
"Gus Perez - MSFT
..., please try the following steps and let me know if it works for you or no:
1. Open the Control Panel, select Programs & Features, click on the “View installed updates” located on the Tasks pane. Select and uninstall the following Windows updates:
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB110806)
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB930264)
- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB929300)
2. Reboot
3. Reattempt installing .NET Framework 3.5."
If I install VS2008 Beta 2 on my Vista machine, and if I run into any problems, the above bit of information may come in handy...
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2 comments:
for what its worth, on Vista x64 i didnt have to uninstall said hotfixes.
Thank you...
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