Problems with installing VS.NET 2005 Beta 2

Published Sun, Apr 17 2005 9:11 PM

Allright. This was where i was waiting for. Beta 2.
So downloaded it last night and this morning it was waiting for me to be installed.

I always install my beta software on a second partition with a dual boot installation. (not on a Virtual PC because i want to use all my resources)
So i putted back the Ghost Image with a clean installation of Win XP and some common stuff.
Deamon Tools was already installed on this Image, so selected the ISO (from the Suite). And run a Full Installation (via custom installation and selected everything). There it goes......

DAMN. A blue screen. What !?!
Well that can't be true. I've never had a problem with previous CTP's of VS.NET 2005.
After a Reboot i try to install it again. This time i get an errormessage:

[04/17/05,12:09:16] Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Edition Beta 2-English: [2] ERROR:Error 1335.The cabinet file '_17073_RTL_x86_enu_VSD_VC_STD.cab' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading

OK. I could imagine it was because of the use of Demaon Tools. So unpacked the ISO to a directory and run the setup again.
This resulted in a blue screen again.

OK. Probably it was not because of deamon tools, so maiby it's one of the components of the Full installation that fails. So i selected the Default installation.
Phew...... this seems to work. I went away from my computer to come back in 20 minutes.

Hey why do i see my login screen ? Oh no, something went wrong after all.
After running the setup it asked me to Uninstall or Change the current installation.
Allright ! It was installed. I hit the Change current installation to check this.
Let's see. It installed everything i asked for except SQL Server Express April CTP.

I' ve tried to install it several times but it failed every time( by checking it and run install)

Now i just installed it from the temporary directory it creates on my Harddisk. It works after an errormessage that told me to move away files in the Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Template Data directory.

Ok, this was the hardest time i've had with installing a VS.NET 2005 version on my PC. But it works now !

Update:
More people experience problems with the installation. SQL Server Express is the problem indeed.

by Pascal Naber
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# Pascal Naber said on Friday, May 13, 2005 11:18 PM

I ran into similar problems:
1. Don't install MDAC or you can never uninstall it
2. Don't install J# or it will cause cabinet file corrupt messages.
3. Install the .NET Framework separately from the Setup folder

If you're control panel has J# appearing as partially installed in the ARP (Add/Remove Programs applet), then it won't uninstall unless...

1. Launch the Setup from the CD and wait until the first install panel appears.
2. Then open the control panel and uninstall the J# Redistributable

Unfortunately, the install won't let you NOT INSTALL J# if you selected it during the initial failed install. Try installing it from the JVREDIST.EXE just to keep the main install from doing anything with it.

Whew -- ok now it just needs to install Visual Studio 2005 Beta...and with my luck...it still doesn't install...something with the Runtime Libraries (.NET Framework Tools?) I'm going to try to install it without any features to see if the install will complete at all. What a bunch of crap from Microsoft.

# TrackBack said on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:48 AM

Problems with installing VS.NET 2005 Beta 2ooeess

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