I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on a Dell Precision 490 system [Quad
core Xeon, 12GB of RAM, 300GB SATA2 hard drive]. I previously had Visual
Studio 2003 .NET & Visual Studio 2005 installed on this system. In
preparation for the VS2008 installation, I uninstalled VS2005 [it wasn't
really being used at all] and rebooted.
When attempting to install VS2008 from the DVD ISO image
"en_visual_studio_2008_professional_x86_x64wow_dvd_X14-26326.iso" [mounted
via Daemon-Tools], I get the following installation failure:
[02/22/08,14:25:03] Runtime Pre-requisites: [2] Error: Installation failed
for component Runtime Pre-requisites. MSI returned error code
1603
[02/22/08,14:25:12] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Runtime Pre-requisites
is not installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:13] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework v3.5 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:13] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 64bit Prerequisites (x64) was not attempted to be
installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:14] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Document
Explorer 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:15] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
Web Authoring Component was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:15] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 Professional Edition - ENU was not attempted to be
installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:16] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact
Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:16] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact
Framework 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:17] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime)
was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:17] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was
not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:18] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server
Compact 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:19] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server
Compact 3.5 Design Tools was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:19] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server
Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:20] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK
R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:20] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK
R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:21] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device
Emulator version 3.0 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:22] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 Remote Debugger (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:23] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be
installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:24] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 Headers and Libraries (x64) was not
attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:24] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x64) was not attempted to
be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:25] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x64) was not
attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:25] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and
IntelliSense (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/22/08,14:25:26] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL
Publishing Wizard was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:24] Runtime Pre-requisites: [2] Error: Installation failed
for component Runtime Pre-requisites. MSI returned error code
1603
[02/25/08,09:59:29] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Runtime Pre-requisites
is not installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:29] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework v3.5 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:29] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 64bit Prerequisites (x64) was not attempted to be
installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:29] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Document
Explorer 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:30] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
Web Authoring Component was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:30] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 Professional Edition - ENU was not attempted to be
installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:30] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact
Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:30] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact
Framework 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:30] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime)
was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:31] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was
not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:31] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server
Compact 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:31] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server
Compact 3.5 Design Tools was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:31] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server
Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:31] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK
R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:31] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK
R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:32] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device
Emulator version 3.0 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:32] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 Remote Debugger (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:32] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be
installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:32] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 Headers and Libraries (x64) was not
attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:32] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x64) was not attempted to
be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:32] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x64) was not
attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:33] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK
for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and
IntelliSense (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[02/25/08,09:59:33] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL
Publishing Wizard was not attempted to be installed.
The installation log doesn't say why the "Runtime Pre-requisites" failed
with a 1603 error.
I've seen quite a # of postings about VS2008 installation problems, but very
few solutions being posted. I also did some searches of the MS KB and
didn't come up with anything helpful.
Has anybody else encountered & solved this particular problem?
TIA,
Chuck

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John C. - 26 Feb 2008 20:43 GMT
I had a problem with the pre-req install portion of VS 2008 on Vista
x64. I installed .net 3.5 manually and then re-ran the VS 2008
install and it installed fine.
>I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate x64 on a Dell Precision 490 system [Quad
>core Xeon, 12GB of RAM, 300GB SATA2 hard drive]. I previously had Visual
[quoted text clipped - 155 lines]
>
>Chuck
Chuck Chopp - 27 Feb 2008 16:46 GMT
> I had a problem with the pre-req install portion of VS 2008 on Vista
> x64. I installed .net 3.5 manually and then re-ran the VS 2008
> install and it installed fine.
I attempted the manual install of Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5, but,
unfortunately, it, too, failed. Here's what was in the installation error log:
[02/27/08,09:26:46] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (x64) (CBS): [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (x64)
(CBS). MSI returned error code 1
[02/27/08,09:27:08] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework
2.0SP1 (x64) (CBS) is not installed.
[02/27/08,09:42:32] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (x64) (CBS): [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (x64)
(CBS). MSI returned error code 1
[02/27/08,09:42:48] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework
2.0SP1 (x64) (CBS) is not installed.
Further investigation shows that "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (x64)" isn't
in the list of installed applications, but, when I downloaded it & attempted
to install it, the installer indicates that this software is part of the
O.S. & is already installed.
I'm not sure what to do next w/respect to resolving this problem.
Thomas - 27 Feb 2008 19:00 GMT
> I attempted the manual install of Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5, but,
> unfortunately, it, too, failed. Here's what was in the installation error log:
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> to install it, the installer indicates that this software is part of the
> O.S. & is already installed.
I have similar problems on WinXP. .NET 3.5 won't install properly, it fails
after taking ages at an ultimately futile attempt to install. However it
appears to be installed. But the VS2008 setup disagrees and borks
George J. - 03 Mar 2008 00:59 GMT
> > I had a problem with the pre-req install portion of VS 2008 on Vista
> > x64. I installed .net 3.5 manually and then re-ran the VS 2008
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>
> I'm not sure what to do next w/respect to resolving this problem.
I have exactly the same problem.
Chuck Chopp - 03 Mar 2008 13:48 GMT
>>>I had a problem with the pre-req install portion of VS 2008 on Vista
>>>x64. I installed .net 3.5 manually and then re-ran the VS 2008
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
> I have exactly the same problem.
I'm starting a new thread on microsoft.public.windowsupdate regarding this
problem. It's looking more & more like the Windows Installer itself is
damaged as a result of the last updates that were made on 2/13/2008. Right
now, *nothing* that is dependent up Windows Update or the Windows Installer
is working properly.

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Andreas Schöneck - 12 Mar 2008 14:36 GMT
> Further investigation shows that "Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (x64)" isn't
> in the list of installed applications, but, when I downloaded it & attempted
> to install it, the installer indicates that this software is part of the
> O.S. & is already installed.
>
> I'm not sure what to do next w/respect to resolving this problem.
.NET 2.0 is part of Vista (built-in). Have you tried to manually install
.NET 2.0 SP1? What are the results?