Installing VS 2008 Beta2 VSSetupWatson\DW20.EXE cannot copy…

bretgrinslade — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:49:00 GMT

I have seen quite a few reports of the VS 2008 installation not being able to copy a specific file. This almost always means that there is a corruption on the media or in the ISO.

The first trouble shooting step I take is to XCOPY the contents of the DVD or ISO to a local hard drive. If the xcopy succeeds, then the media is probably not corrupted. In this case, you can just install from the hard drive by running the setup.exe from the folder you copied the files into. VS and NETFX can install from a network location or from a local media in a sub-directory.

If the XCOPY fails, you probably have a corruption. Basically you will need to re-download the ISO or get a new media.

One option is to try the Microsoft Secure Content Downloader from Microsoft Research. This is a limited time trial, so it might not be available when you check the link.

Visual Studio Beta 2 -- Get VSTS Easier and Faster at Home

bretgrinslade — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:18:00 GMT

The new (and final) Beta of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework has been released. These are 2008 and 3.5 for folks that keep track of version numbers.

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and the .NET Framework Beta 2

A cool part about the beta for developers is that you can use the Visual Studio Team System product. It has so many cool features. I actually use Visual Web Developer Express on my home laptop for ASP.NET and web pages and VSTS on my home desktop.

I have been working with the folks in Microsoft Research Cambridge for the last several years as they have investigated "peer assisted download technology." They are doing a 4 week test and, in my experience, is a very easy way to get the ISOs for VSTS. Try it out.

Microsoft Secure Content Downloader is a peer-assisted downloader for downloading select Microsoft CTP's

or I made a TinyUrl for it:

http://tinyurl.com/3drk25

Have fun! -Bret

Software & Services Bret Grinslade : Microsoft Secure Content Downloader

Installing VS 2008 Beta2 VSSetupWatson\DW20.EXE cannot copy…

Visual Studio Beta 2 -- Get VSTS Easier and Faster at Home