I have been using an academic trial version of Visual Studio .NET
2002.  I am getting popup messages that I'm only entitled to use this
until Dec 31 2003.  So I bought a full version, installed and
registered it without error.  I am still getting the warning with the

Had everything working great, but
Today I installed the
Visual Basic Resource Kit and then the
Component One Enterprise software that came with it.

We are learning to build C# Deployment projects with
VS.NET 2003 for the Windows Installer.
Our solutions have two projects.  The first project builds
the executable with a ProjectInstall

Thu. Dec. 18, 2003 9:05 PM PST
When I am trying to use any classes (e.g. Dns.GetHostName(); ) from
System.Net namespace, I am getting following errors. It just throws an
exception, and displays the dialog box, break, continue, etc.

After uninstalling the 60 day trial VS.NET I can not
enter the correct PID during the install process for my
new VS.NET 2003 from my new MSDN subscription.  There is
a default PID already there and I can not edit it.  It is

Because my C: is pretty full, I installed Visual C++ .NET 2003 on my
E: drive. Now I need to install Visual C# .NET 2003 as well. But the
installation path for C# is pointing to C: drive, I cannot customize
it to point to E:.

I had VS 2002 installed and then uninstalled it to
install VS 2003.  The uninstall completed with no
errors.  When I put in disk #1 of VS 2003 and attempt to
install the prereq I receive a message that says VS can

All was working (vb.net) prior to Norton's Antivirus and
Internet Security.  Now small apps do not run.  Shut
Norton down, still new or existing apps won't run.
Tried to repair .NET  ... error, tried to uninstall...

Any time I try to open an existing C# project or create a
new one, I get an error message saying, "Project
<projectname> could not be opened because the Microsoft
Visual C# .NET compiler could not be created.  Please re-

Am trying to install VC .NET 2003 on Win XP Pro. The
installation does not give any error messages until the
setup application notes the setup has failed. I have
consulted all KB articles and newsgroup threads to no

I've installed MSDN three times and VS.Net 2003 twice.  
When I try to go to index or contents or hit F1, VS
always claims MSDN is not installed.  In my last attempt
to make help work, I uninstalled MSDN then VS and

I wish to build an install (an msi file) for a win2K system.  It must always
be installed for everyone.  How can I force it to be installed for everyone,
or, at least, stop the install if the user selects the "Just Me" button.

Recently I have been unable to use the "Online Resources" tab of the Start
Page in Visual Studio. It displays the message: "This feature requires that
you have connected to the internet previously or are currently online."
I am online. I am also unable to view the TOC of the MSDN ...

i have a dell latidude D800 with winxp sp1 installed. if i
try to install vs 6.0, the setupprogramm fails immediately
with an error in vs60wiz.exe.
until now, i tried the following:

I successfully installed Visual Studio 6 but now I get a
friggin' dialog box on virtually everything I try to do.
It is a Windows Installer dialog box with the
message "Preparing to Install." It eventually will go