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November 2005 - Posts

Moving from Beta to RTM

Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:14 PM by Quan
There's been a bunch of blogs, newsgroup posts, etc on how to fix your machine if you don't uninstall Betas correctly and get into a bad state. Aaron (one of our former testers on VS Setup) put together a great summary of all the potential issues and Read More...
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VS 2003 - Reboot required but there's nothing to reboot!

Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:05 PM by Quan
I've seen several posts around installing VS 2003 where VS detects a reboot is required before it begins the install. Customer rebooted the box, relaunched VS, and again, they're told a reboot is required. This problem is documented and a workaround is Read More...
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When does VS Beta 2 Expire?

Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 9:13 AM by Quan
I've been asked that twice in the last few days so I figure I'd mention it here. VS 2005 Beta 2 expires on May 1, 2006. Read More...
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Installation problems - LoadSetupObjectGuid() :

Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:13 AM by Quan
I just saw two folks with an issue installing VS or Express because they had Kaspersky AntiVirus installed. The error you see int he setup log is: [11/07/05, 19:11:01] setup.exe: [2] ISetupModule::SetManager() failed in ISetupManager::LoadSetupObjectGuid() Read More...
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What's with all the different products?

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:18 AM by Quan
For Visual Studio 2005, we have a lot more products offered than in 2003. The Team System line of products include: Team Suite Team Developer Team Test Team Architect Team Foundation Server (available early next year) In addition, we also have: Professional Read More...
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Express ISO CRCs

Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 6:18 PM by Quan
For those who are downloading the ISO images from MSDN, here are the CRCs in case you need them: VB - BAC91B78 VC - 3DE23D4A VC#- 55884F2C VJ# - 91B03EA5 WEB- F972C10F Make sure after you download that the CRCs match, otherwise, the installation will Read More...
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SQL Server Express does not work on VPC

Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 5:25 PM by Quan
For those installing on a VPCand getting a SQL Server Express failure, that particular scenario is not supported and there is no workaround. Here's the SQL Server Express pre-req/requirements: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/6/cc66b572-a402-4c6a-8233-b9c7d05840c7/RequirementsSQLEXP2005.ht Read More...
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We're Live!

Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 1:37 PM by Quan
Download the VS Express Products now! :) http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ Read More...
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Setup is unable to find DeleteTemp.exe

Posted Friday, November 04, 2005 8:49 AM by Quan
When installing Visual Studio 2005, a few customers are seeing an error where Setup is unable to find the DeleteTemp.exe file. The problem occurs when the CD or DVD ISO is extracted and burned to a disc without specifying long file names. The end result Read More...
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Express hangs during uninstall using the uninstall tool

Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:45 PM by Quan
Before you uninstall an express SKU using the uninstall tool, make sure you register the product. Otherwise, uninstall will hang. The Express product is expecting a activation code, however, since we're uninstalling silently, the UI is suppressed and Read More...
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