I get a "failed to install .Net 2.0" when I attempt to install VS 2005 on my
Win sever 2003. I checked the FAQ's and the knowledge base but found no
answers. Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance

My Visual Studio 2005 Pro keeps failing to install.
I have a Windows 2000 SP4 workstation.
If I use the component checker version 2.0 to see if there are problems with
mdac files, and none.

I have installed VS.NET 2003 on other computers, including Windows XP Pro
(SP1). Recently my old development computer died so I purchased a new
HP laptop computer. It came with Windows XP Pro (SP2). I can not get VS.NET
2003 to install on this computer. It goes through the ...

After a successful (no setup errors) single-server deployment of Team
Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh (running inside a Virtual Server VM - Host:
Win2K3 Server Standard, SP1, Guest: Win2K3 Server Standard, SP1), we
recieved the following error within Team Explorer when trying to ...

I have installed VS.NET 2003 on other computers, including Windows XP Pro
(SP1). Recently my old development computer died so I purchased a new
computer. It came with Windows XP Pro (SP2). I can not get VS.NET 2003 to
install on this computer. It goes through the process, then ...

I've created a MSI package (using .NET deployment project) and I tested the
installation in a PC. It went fine. When I click on the shortcut (created on
the desktop by the .NET deployment project), an error message shows up:
"The feature you are trying to use is on a network ...

Can I cancel a Repair Install of XP home once strted?

I have installed VS 2005 Professional and have configured some things, added
starter kits, etc.  Soon I will be getting the Developer's Edition and
probably sometime later I will get the full Team edition.
What is involved in upgrading?  Will I be able to upgrade and keep my

My company is thinking about rolling out Visual Studio 2005 Professional.  
Later in the year we would like to upgrade our developers to Team System.  
Does anyone know if the Team System install will upgrade the existing Visual
Studio installation or will we need to uninstall ...

I'm looking into the thorny issue of which editions of VS my company
should buy, and I was wondering whether anyone can answer this...
If I buy a number of licenses for "VS Team for Developers" and one copy
of "VS Team for Testers" would it be possible to install a copy of

I'm trying to determine the best way to setup vs2005 and my network for web
development.
It seems the most integrated method for development would be to use the
local IIS. This would be alright in my single developer enviroment, but it

I uninstalled VS2005 Beta (which never had a problem) and installed VS2005.
Now I always get the message "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005 Professional Ediiton - ENU" whenever I try to start
Outlook 2003. The behaviour following this depends on ...

I am building .Net setup project on WinXP with .Net 2005 VS.
The main task is to run reg file when setup installing.
I have added custom action, which invoke "regedit.exe /S regfilename"
to enter some registry entries on install. In install custom action a

I am having Office 2003. I have installed Publisher, Project, Frontpage,
Infopath and Visio apart from the regulars like Word, Outlook, Excel,
Access, Powerpoint. When I tried to install VSTO 2005, it said I have not
added SP1 for Office. I tried to install SP1 and SP2 for Office. ...

Yes, I've tried:
* copying and registering dao350.dll independently of the
setup.  Still could not register.
* copying the CD to the hard drive and editing setupwiz.ini