Installing Visual Studio Service 6.0

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cmc - 16 Nov 2006 12:41 GMT

I am running into a minor issue and I hope you can quickly help me.

I am trying to install Visual Studio 6.0 on a Win2003 Server machine. I ran
into an issue with “Setup was unable to create a DCOM user account in order
to register <path>\valec.exe”

I searched online and found MS Article 257413 and this is a known bug at MS.
So I did what it said and installed fine.

I am now trying to install Visual Studio Service Pack 6 and now I ma getting
“Visual Studio Service Pack 6 was not completed successfully”.

Can you please help me with this matter?

Thank you

-Gerry – 908-608-1419

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BobF - 16 Nov 2006 13:20 GMT

> I am running into a minor issue and I hope you can quickly help me.
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> -Gerry – 908-608-1419

This doesn't solve your problem, but ...

Quite a while ago I ran into the same problems installing VS6 (in WinXP) to
support older code. I had to track down the old MS JVM and jump through
other hoops, including a repair install for XP, to get it installed and up
to date.

When I built my next machine, I installed Win2000 in VPC to "host" my VS6
environment. *Much* easier, IMO.

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cmc - 16 Nov 2006 13:39 GMT

BobF,

Thanks for the reply, however, I am afraid I don't understand. My # is
listed, do you have time to discuss at your earliest convenience?

thanks

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BobF - 16 Nov 2006 14:46 GMT

<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx>

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cmc - 16 Nov 2006 15:23 GMT

Thanks...

There's no way to install this with having to do all this. I mean I
formatted my PC and all and still have this issue........ Please advise..?

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BobF - 16 Nov 2006 15:44 GMT

> Thanks...
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> There's no way to install this with having to do all this. I mean I
> formatted my PC and all and still have this issue........ Please advise..?

As I said before, I did "jump thru hoops" and get VS6 w/SP6 installed and
running correctly on a WinXP box. It *can* be done.

As I also said before, my suggestion on VPC wasn't a solution to your
problem. Its what was, for me, a much better way to install and use VS6
than what I had previously done.

Good Luck!

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