VarunGupta

Sometimes this error occurs if windows update is scanning for updates at the same time as Visual Studio setup is installing components. Workaround 1: Reboot your machine and restart Visual Studio 2008 setup. Workaround 2: If Workaround 1 doesn’t work...

Before I start with this post I'm assuming that you followed Visual Studio 2008 Beta2 uninstall instructions on http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/20/steps-to-uninstall-vs-2008-beta2-before-installing-the-vs-2008-final-release.aspx. ...

You could follow following steps to generate list of components that are installed on your computer. Download msiinv.zip Extract the contents of msiinv.zip to the folder c:\msiinv on your system Click on the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd...

A customer reported that Visual Studio 2008 setup displayed disk space requirements for two drives [Image attached]. We had investigated this issue before. Question: Why does it display disk space requirements for second drive when customer didn't...

Last year, I moved to Deployment Technology Group in Developer Division. I work as a Program Manager for Setup & deployment projects and Visual Studio setup. Stay tuned for some tips around Visual Studio 2008 setup. -Varun