Aaron Ruckman's Web Log

Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 if you’ve already installed Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and you don’t want to flatten your box.

If you evaluated Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, you will be happy to hear that no reformatting is required. Additionally, a simple path exists to upgrade Beta2 on the same machine. It involves uninstalling your Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 product and then installing Read More...

Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009 3:57 PM by aaronru | 0 Comments

Filed under: setup, Deployment, uninstall, install, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010, 2010, upgrade, Beta1, Professional, Premium, Ultimate, TEam Suite, Beta2

When installing .NET Framework 3.5 on Vista what does the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 on Vista error code 1058 mean and how do I work around it?

If you see an error like: [05/20/08,14:05:17] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (CBS): ***ERRORLOG EVENT*** : Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (CBS). MSI returned error code 1058 [05/20/08,14:05:17] Setup.exe: GetGlobalCustomProperty Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:41 PM by aaronru | 5 Comments

Filed under: NETFX, setup, 2.0, .NET Framework, install, vista, .NET Framework 3.5, 3.5, sp1, Redist

Do you want a job?

We're looking for smart people for various jobs on the Deployment Technology Team! Job Code Position 218272 Software Development Engineer in Test 217222 Software Development Engineer 222180 Software Development Engineer 220716 Program Manager Lead 221339 Read More...

Posted: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:22 AM by aaronru | 2 Comments

Filed under: setup, Deployment, .NET Framework, Visual Studio, JOB

.NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 installation will fail if the Print Spooler is not running on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003

One of the .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 prerequisite packages requires that the Print Spooler service is running in the "Started" State. If the Print Spooler Service is not running, the .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 installation will fail. To resolve this issue Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:32 PM by aaronru | 2 Comments

Filed under: setup, .NET Framework 3.0, WPF, 3.0, install, .NET Framework 3.5, 3.5, XPS

.NET Framework Error: 6015 - EFS is disabled

If you are installing the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta2 on Vista and you get an error message like: Installer encountered an error: 0x8007177f. This machine is disabled for file encryption" Then what has happened is that your Domain administrator has disabled Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:32 PM by aaronru | 3 Comments

Filed under: NETFX, setup, vista, .NET Framework 3.5, 3.5

When I try to download .NET Framework 3.0 GOLD my computer says that this isn't a Windows 32 application.

Commonly this is caused by the installation program you've downloaded to become corrupted in the download. By redownloading to either a different location you should be able to fix this issue. Another common remedy for this issue is to download the redistributable Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 6:37 AM by aaronru | 1 Comments

Filed under: setup, Deployment, .NET Framework 3.0, WPF, WF, 3.0, WCF, .NET Framework, install, Whidbey, xp, w2k3

Downloading and installing .NET Framework 2.0 results in a not a windows application error

Most of the time this issue points back to a corrupted download. Redowndownloading the package to a different directory will normally do the trick. The place to download the framework from: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa731542.aspx You Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 6:43 AM by aaronru | 0 Comments

Filed under: setup, 2.0, .NET Framework, install, Whidbey, xp, w2k3

How to help us help you - link to Aaron Stebner's blog

To collect the logs please follow the steps found on aaronste’s blog: Tool to automatically collect and cab VS 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 setup log files Read More...

Posted: Friday, April 06, 2007 5:12 PM by aaronru | 0 Comments

Filed under: NETFX, setup, .NET Framework 3.0, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework 3.0 available for download

Last night .NET Framework 3.0 was made available for download. See the following links: .NET Framework Setup forum Announcement .NET Framework 3.0 Deployment Guide .NET Framework MSDN Announcement These announcements declare the really cool event that Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:04 PM by aaronru | 0 Comments

Filed under: Forum, NETFX, setup, Deployment, .NET Framework 3.0, aaronru

New .NET Framework Setup Forum

I would like to announce the new .NET Framework Setup Forum . This forum is the place to discuss .NET Framework Setup and Deployment issues and questions. I hope you enjoy the new forum and look forward to your comments. Best Regards, Aaronru Read More...

Posted: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:38 PM by aaronru | 0 Comments