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Monday, April 21, 2008 5:57 PM

Possible issue where .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 setup can fail and corrupt the .NET Framework 2.0

Last week, I started getting a larger than normal volume of emails from customers who ran into problems using applications that require the .NET Framework 2.0 and needed advice about how to get their systems back up and running. After investigating some
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Friday, March 28, 2008 12:52 PM

Steps I use to diagnose .NET Framework 3.0 installation failures related to the ServiceModelReg.exe custom action

I often get questions from fellow employees or customers who find my blog regarding how to troubleshoot .NET Framework installation errors. I want to outline the process that I use to narrow down one of the most common errors that I see that can cause
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:38 PM

.NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 setup can fail on Windows XP and Server 2003 if the Print Spooler is not started

I just noticed this post on Aaron Ruckman's blog and wanted to link to it here to help raise visibility. Description of this issue There is an issue in the XPS component that is a prerequisite for the .NET Framework 3.0, 3.0 SP1 and 3.5 that can cause
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:46 PM

How Windows Installer handles file replacement logic for versioned and unversioned files

I ran into an interesting problem yesterday where a team had built an MSI-based setup package, and they were seeing sporadic problems where some of the files failed to install. They enabled Windows Installer verbose logging and this is an example of an
Posted by astebner | 16 Comments
Monday, August 01, 2005 5:17 PM

How to locate the cause of error code 1603 in a verbose MSI log file

There is a trick I use very often when trying to figure out why an MSI-based setup is failing that I wanted to share with everyone. I believe it is commonly known among setup developers and people who have to troubleshoot failed setups, but I could not
Posted by astebner | 23 Comments
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:54 PM

Help me help you if you have setup bugs

I've gotten some email questions from customers about setup failures that they've seen on their computers. Some of them are 1935 errors that match some of the previous blog posts I've written, some are .NET Framework errors, and some are general problems
Posted by astebner | 37 Comments
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:46 PM

Troubleshooting 1935 and 2908 errors during installation

Hey all, first off I want to apologize for not posting anything in a couple of weeks. I have had a couple of mini-vacations and been wrapped up with some other stuff, but I'm back now! I've been working with some Product Support folks I know to turn some
Posted by astebner | 77 Comments
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:30 PM

Why does Windows Installer start installing some other product when I try to install or use a different MSI-based product?

I received a question in response to my blog entry about reverse engineering setup - basically the .NET Framework setup is being triggered while trying to install an unrelated product (in this case Drive Image 7). The details of this particular interation
Posted by astebner | 15 Comments
 
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