I'm trying to install vs2005 and the install of sql express bundled with it
keeps failing. I installed it successfully on my laptop. But when i try to
install it on a desktop machine this error keeps happening (i'll paste the
contents of the error log at the end of this message). ...

I am starting to lean vs.net and are going to develop a database. I am just
thinking what environment should I use, Win XP pro or Server 2003?
Thanks,
Jeffrey Shi

My name is Dan I'm a new user of Visual Studio.net, well, I'm
trying to be at the moment.  Experience isn't the issue; I used
Visual Basic in my Programming Theory class during my senior year in
high school. So I just purchased Visual Studio.net Academic edition at

I've installed Vista Beta1 and the WinFX SDK on a new computer.  I tried to
installed VS 2005 Beta2 but it failed.  (I have installed it with no problem
on XPSP2.)  
Studio's error log snippits:

Can Enterprise Dev. be installed without uninstalling Professional first?
That is, do the extra components just install like a clean superset?

I was unable to install Visual Studio .NET prerequisites on my computer
because it did not have a microsoft digital signature for the Microsoft Data
Access Components - part of the components being installed. Has anyone
obtained this message and where can I get a CD to install ...

I'm having problems installing VS .Net2003 on my new Win-XP(SP2) noteook. All
other software has installed just fine.
Here's what happens:
1) I first put in CD1 and the install menu had everything ghosted except

I have been unable to install VS 2005 Release candidate on Windows Vista.  
Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there a work around?
-------------------------- More details:
    When I attempt to Install Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate on

Just tried installing VS 2005 RC several times and it keeps blue screeing my
machine. Happy to pass on log files just let me know where to put them up.
Cheers,
Victor

I just installed VS.net 2003 on my laptop  and now I get the windows logon
screen everytime I restart.  I recall this being caused by a hidden asp.net
account being created, but can't find the procedure to bypass the logon
screen.  Any help?

I recently purchased an Epson Perfection 4870 Pro Flatbed Scanner and I installed the scanner driver prior to installing Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Academic on Windows XP with SP2. The IIS and FrontPage prerequisites installed without a problem. Then CD 1 of VS told me ...

I've found references on the web about a thread in this newsgroup from early
2004. Apparently there is a patch to allow the WebSetup package created by
VS.NET to install to a different target directory.
The thread mentioned that the only way to get the patch is through PSS. With

I have recently been having problems with VS 2003. It keeps asking for the
setup CD and when I insert it it goes through the setup process only to stop
and give me a prompt to insert the setup CD. I do and it tells me that it
can find the file it is looking for on the cd--but ...

I confess that I cannot navigate my way around the MSDN website to get
what I want... its invariably  my fault but i cant find where i can
download a trial version of the latest stable version of c# and the
IDE:(

When trying to install VS.Net 2005 Beta 2 the installe rreports that the
product cannot be installe don win ME, NT4 and older.  I'm running Win XP Pro
SP2!  Where does the installer check for the windows version so I can fix
this?  Is there a specific registry entry that is ...