Hi all,

I have finally found a solution to being able to install my Visual Studio
2005 Professional onto Windows Vista (64-bit) after nearly 5 days of
research.

My scenario: I have a new development laptop with Windows Vista 64-bit on
it. It is connected to the Internet wirelessly.

Before proceeding to install VS2005 Pro, I made sure I had all of the latest
Windows Updates.

There seems to be scant information on this scenario. After a discovering a
clue in a post from 2005, here is what I did to get my VS2005 Pro installed:

* I copied the contents of the two VS2005 CDs into one folder on my Vista
hard drive, called VS2005 (C:\VS2005)
* I made this folder Shareable after right-clicking on it
* Using Internet Explorer, I entered the URL for this folder but instead of
using the Setup.exe in the VS2005 folder (it appears this Setup.exe is the
one that gives the Setup error message), I used the Setup.exe in the "Setup"
folder that sits below the VS2005 folder. This Setup.exe allowed me to fully
install VS2005 and thus did not generate the "Setup Failed" error message
due to "MSXML 6.0 Parser x64" failed to install.

I also downloaded the VS2005 SP1 update as well as the VS2005 Update for
Vista and applied then in this order.

I hope this information helps others who might come across this solution.

Regards,
Neville Lang
Melbourne, Australia
17 March 2007