I just helped debug an interesting framework failure. Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 -- Error 25015.Failed to install assembly 'C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Vsa.dll' because of system error: 0x80131107 ...

A customer just emailed me about an issue with SQL Server Express failing. The error he saw in the logs are: SQL Server Setup failed to execute a command for server configuration. The error was [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot alter...

If you're trying to install VS to a compressed drive, SQL Server Express will fail. Unfortunately, VS doesn't tell you much when SQL Server Express failed. If you try launching SQL Server Express by itself, it'll display the following message: MS...

I'm shamelessly soliciting resumes because we have a few open positions on VS Setup. We have Developers, Program Managers, and Software Design Engineer in Test positions. We're looking for experienced developers, testers, and analysts, preferrable...

I'm currently working with a few folks on defining what the setup experience for the next version of Visual Studio should be. If you ran into some pain points installing VS and have ideas on what you'd like to see, please post a comment or feel free...