Aaron Ruckman's Web Log

I've seen a number of Tweets with regards to not being able to install Visual Studio 2010 on OS with...

Date: 04/19/2010

When you think about Aaron Ruckman, what does that make you think, feel, do? Do you like Aaron's...

Date: 02/12/2010

If you evaluated Visual Studio 2010 RC, you will be happy to hear that no reformatting is required...

Date: 02/09/2010

Problem: Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 (Express, Professional, Premium or Ultimate SKUs)...

Date: 11/25/2009

Symptoms Visual Studio 2010 and/or .NET Framework 4.0 setup fails with 1603 error code or blocks...

Date: 10/27/2009

Run the collect tool to collect and gather logs. I use Windows LiveTM SkyDrive to post my logs,...

Date: 10/19/2009

Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Forum:...

Date: 10/19/2009

If you evaluated Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, you will be happy to hear that no reformatting is...

Date: 10/19/2009

Hi everyone, The following will implement preventative measures and will avoid an unusable Visual...

Date: 08/06/2009

Issue We've seen a number of people attempt to install Visual Studio 2010 in compatibility mode on...

Date: 06/09/2009

So, first I want to thank all of you who have been coming to my blog for .NET Framework related...

Date: 06/09/2009

If you see an error like: [05/20/08,14:05:17] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (CBS): ***ERRORLOG...

Date: 05/21/2008

Recently the .NET Framework 3.5 Language packages were released. You can get them by going to the...

Date: 04/21/2008

We're looking for smart people for various jobs on the Deployment Technology Team! Job Code Position...

Date: 02/25/2008

.NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Guide https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160716.aspx .NET...

Date: 01/24/2008

I've received the following type of question a few times and would like to give the answer with some...

Date: 01/20/2008

Installing ENU/Core .NET Framework 3.5 on non-ENU Operating System: You can install .NET Framework...

Date: 01/19/2008

With .NET Framework 3.5 on Vista or LHS you might get one of the following KBs installed. The...

Date: 01/02/2008

I've received the following question enought that I decided it would make a good blog post. Q. Why...

Date: 12/21/2007

One of the .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 prerequisite packages requires that the Print Spooler service...

Date: 12/19/2007

Please follow the official guidelines at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160716.aspx

Date: 12/13/2007

.NET Framework 3.0 SP1 & 3.5 released with a small webdownload, which then manages the...

Date: 12/13/2007

Step 1. It would be super helpful if you could provide the following information at the beginning of...

Date: 12/11/2007

If you're having issues installing Visual Studio 2008 RTM and had installed Visual Studio 2008 RC or...

Date: 12/10/2007

We are thinking about the next version of Visual Studio's deployment experience. I need your help to...

Date: 11/30/2007

If you want to detect if your .NET Framework 3.5 installation was successful, you can use this tool...

Date: 11/29/2007

When you install .NET Framework 3.5, it installs .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 & .NET Framework 2.0...

Date: 11/26/2007

Date: 09/28/2007

If you are installing the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta2 on Vista and you get an error message like:...

Date: 08/14/2007

Description of this issue Since Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 and the .NET Framework 3.5 beta 2 were...

Date: 08/07/2007

WOOHOO!!! .NET Framework 3.5 Beta1 has been released. Other related blogs: JasonZ's blog:...

Date: 05/04/2007

Commonly this is caused by the installation program you've downloaded to become corrupted in the...

Date: 04/17/2007

Most of the time this issue points back to a corrupted download. Redowndownloading the package to a...

Date: 04/17/2007

When using whidbey you might see a compatibility dialog. This dialog can be remedied by installing...

Date: 04/17/2007

This is a common question on the .NET Framework Setup Forum. Let me first answer this by YES!!!...

Date: 04/17/2007

I've been noticing that quite a few of you are having issues uninstalling a framework when partially...

Date: 04/13/2007

A. Visual Studio 2005 will target your managed appliations as 2.0 by default. 3.0 adds to the 2.0...

Date: 04/11/2007

Aaron stebner's blog has a very good entry regarding this point:...

Date: 04/10/2007

To collect the logs please follow the steps found on aaronste’s blog: Tool to automatically collect...

Date: 04/06/2007

Last night .NET Framework 3.0 was made available for download. See the following links: .NET...

Date: 11/07/2006

I would like to announce the new .NET Framework Setup Forum. This forum is the place to discuss .NET...

Date: 10/20/2006