I'm having some problems installing Visual Studio 2005.
I'll briefly explain what's the history of the problem here.
First I installed VS 2005 beta 2.
I uninstalled it later via the Windows Uninstall Tool you can download.

In vs 2003 the installer subproject builds an MSI file that includes several
configuration files.  These files have a setting that causes the installer to
rebuild the files from the original distribution whenever the user changes
them.  What setting is required to get the ...

I suspect that I have several versions of MDAC (2.5+) on a Windows 2000
computer and this is causing VS 2005 Pro installer to fail.
I have been trying to install VS 2005 Pro but am getting the following error:
[08/19/06,16:32:35] Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 SP1: [2] Error ...

I have been wrestling with the installation for a few days now, i have got to
this point.  Unfortunately, the error messages are leaving much to be
desired.  Anyone with any ideas,
From the MSI log

I'm trying to install VS2005 Pro from the MSDN DVD (Disc 3070 - Dec 2005) on
a machine with XPSP2 on. Chuck the disc in.. setup runs..
Problem is, it keeps coming up with the error "A problem has been
encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup." and then it

On a new PC with Windows XP SP 2 German, I installed Visual Studio 2005 Team
Edition for Software Developers from April 2006 (Disc 3192.1). Then I tried
to install MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 from July 2006 (Disc 3619).
The installation starts and then prompts me...

   Does anyone experience on installing visual studio 2005 on dual core
machine?

I'm developing a Setup project in VS.net 2003 to install a simple
application. On the GUI form where the user can select the installation
location, it has radio buttons that allow the user to choose to install for
everyone or just for the current user. I can see no way to remove ...

I'm attempting to build an MSI to deploy my ASP.NET Web site with a Visual
Studio .NET 2003 deployment project (vdproj). When I build the deployment
project, it gives an error message like the following:
ERROR: Unable to build folder named '<folder name>'

Does anybody know how to set DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS property in a VS.NET setup project
I know DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS property can be added by using Orca after .MSI file is built, but is there any way to let a setup project add that automatically

After purchasing Team Suite for several months, I finally finish a lot of
programming works and can start learning how to use the tools available for
"software architects" and "team testers".
However, I am puzzled about how to get started.  It seems like I am not able

I have almost no experience with Windows Installer, so this is probably
an easy question.
I'm deploying a VSTO application. Its primary output consists of an
Excel spreadsheet and a DLL. I created an Installer using Visual Studio

Where can i get redistributable versions of the following files?? My
application will be installing on Windows 2000 and XP. The redist
folder in PDW does not have these files in it.
COMDLG32.ocx

I am encountering an issue with the Visual Studio 2005 IDE and am unable to
figure out how to resolve it.  Basically, when I use VS 2005 to save a file
on one particular web server I receive the following message: "The Operation
Could Not Be Completed.  The Parameter Is Incorrect ...

Hi Tim,
 Please send me the hotfix for repairing the "can't update" Visual
Basic.NET 2003 issue.
Thanks,