VS 2005 SP1 Update for Vista Requires VS 2005 SP1

Installing new Visual Studio SKUs after already installing SP1

.NET Stuff - Thomas Waldron — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:07:02 GMT

Since Visual Studio is modular, you can install multiple SKUs on top of each other. You may run across

re: VS 2005 SP1 Update for Vista Requires VS 2005 SP1

Brian — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:20:18 GMT

Gets worse - latest MSDN disk 3070.1 VS2005 Pro Edition has same problem so not possible to install VS2005 - dosent anyone test anything at MS anymore!!!!

when is Microsoft going to release a fully integrated package (Visual Studio + SP1 + Vista Update)?

Tue, 22 May 2007 16:19:40 GMT

when is Microsoft going to release a fully integrated package (Visual Studio + SP1 + Vista Update)?

re: Volume Name

Bob — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:03:17 GMT

I ran into the same problem, which apparently makes it impossible to slipstream Visual Studio from CDs onto a DVD. What the reasoning behind requiring a specific volume name? You should be able to determine if the disk is correct from its contents. At the very least, please make an incorrect label be a warning you can choose to ignore.

Also, when is Microsoft going to release a fully integrated package (Visual Studio + SP1 + Vista Update)? This would make it much easier for us developers, and you would be able to repackage the files so both Visual Studio and MSDN can fit on the same DVD.

re: VS 2005 SP1 Update for Vista Requires VS 2005 SP1

Heath Stewart — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:00:26 GMT

Windows Installer verifies the volume name for removable volumes. This is documented for the Media table at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369801.aspx.

re: Slipstreaming Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1

Alex — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:43:02 GMT

I tried following your instructions about slipstreaming SP1 and KB929470 (http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/12/16/slipstreaming-visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1.aspx)

and burned the resulting 3 GB administrative image to the DVD.

The installation started fine and ran about 1/3 of the file copy progress until a prompt popped up: "Please insert the disk: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - ENU Disk 1".

The log file indicated that it expected volume label to be "VSPROD1", while my DVD was named "VS2005SP1".

After burning another DVD with the proper volume label I tried to run setup again. It went about 2/3 through before popping up almost identical message:

"Please insert the disk: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - ENU Disk 2".

This time it wanted the volume label to be "VSPROD2". D'oh!

After wasting 2 DVDs it appears that the only way to install VS 2005 with slipstreamed SP1 is to copy all files to hard drive and run from there (Windows Installer mysteriously doesn't check volume label of HDD).

Is it so hard to use small tag files (e.g., "vs2005.cd1", "vs2005.cd2") instead of volume label checks?