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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.


Posted Apr 18 2006, 09:21 AM by Carlo Poli
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