Windows SDK February 2006 CTP installation trouble
I've been trying to install the Windows SDK CTP versions numerous times now, failing every time. None of the workarounds/resolvements I found on the net did work for me. I found another way of resolving the issue though, so just for some search engine juice, here's my solution.
The error I received uptill now was:
Installation of the "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit" product has reported the following error: Fatal error during installation.
My enviroment is as follows:
I run Windows Server 2003 R2 in a Virtual PC session. I have bound the Windows SDK image to a drive with Virtual Daemon Manager on the host and bound that drive to the guest session.
I ran a verbose install:
d:\setup\msiexec /package WinSDK-x86.msi /quiet /lv c:\out.log
When checking out the log I found the following error at just around 80% of the 30 MB log file:
"invalid digital signature" "WinSDK-SDK_WinFX_DOC-common.8.cab"
I resolved the issue by copying the entire setup disk content to a local folder in the guest OS and run the setup from there.