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Richardt · Jun 28, 2008, 01:26 AM // 01:26

So I recently picked up a copy of Visual Studio 2008.

Got back to my office to install it and it froze up Windows on my laptop (running XP). Restarted and tried it again. Same thing. Tried it again and again it froze up. Now I know it's not just a random fluke-it's reproducable.

Thinking it's the disk I went ahead and tried it on two other machines (both with XP)-autorun started just fine on both.

So tried it again on my Laptop-same behavior although this time when I rebooted it, my DVD-ROM drive disappeared from My Computer! I was able to get it back by using an old restore point on my backup drive fortunately.

I was wondering if anyone else had the same (or similar!) experience with this version of Visual Studio?

And does anyone have any insight as to why this happened? I've been trying to do some reading on Visual Studio to get a handle on system reqs in case I'm not up to snuff with my laptop, but so far have come up dry.

Tarun · Jun 28, 2008, 01:35 AM // 01:35

VS2008 works fine for me.

BlueNovember · Jun 28, 2008, 02:15 AM // 02:15

Does it consistently fail at the same point in installation? If so where?

I tried visual studio once. The damn thing nestles itself deeper into your system than tape worm on speed. Ignoring the multitude of places it adds files the system services it adds even when not running is ~3.
I imagine it's a decent enough app when configured, but unless you're using VB it's KDevelop / Netbeans all the way imo.

Check event log for more information. It's likely there will be an entry for each time the installer failed. If so, post.
(Start, run, eventvwr.msc)

Tarun · Jun 28, 2008, 02:18 AM // 02:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueNovember

I imagine it's a decent enough app when configured, but unless you're using VB it's KDevelop / Netbeans all the way imo.

You're kidding right...? Visual Basic isn't the best. And Visual Studio covers a lot more than just VB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...al_Studio_2008

Cyb3r · Jun 28, 2008, 07:00 AM // 07:00

Got to agree with you there Tarun had to use Visual Basic at school and at home had a copy of a trial of VS. VS remains better but heck i only ever used it to compile stuff allways coded my stuff under Ubuntu

MirkoTeran · Jun 28, 2008, 07:55 AM // 07:55

I had this at one of the work machines (WinXP SP2). I didn't have time to bother around it so I just formatted and reinstalled it. Worked like a charm. I know one of my friends was having bunch of problems installing it but I don't know on what system. I know he solved it by checking install-log files and fixing some stuff manually. No idea what tho.

Richardt · Jun 30, 2008, 05:24 AM // 05:24

Where would I go to check this event log? I've never had to do it so I don't know where I would look.

MirkoTeran · Jun 30, 2008, 09:01 AM // 09:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richardt

Where would I go to check this event log? I've never had to do it so I don't know where I would look.

I'm not sure where the log files are, but I know there is more then one of them. You might want to check this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942737

Tarun · Jun 30, 2008, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richardt

Where would I go to check this event log? I've never had to do it so I don't know where I would look.

Start > Run > eventvwr.msc

Or Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer

MirkoTeran · Jul 02, 2008, 08:39 AM // 08:39

VS does not use System Logs as main output, it only uses it for a few major break-points. It creates several files on your disk with full installation log.

Tarun · Jul 02, 2008, 03:36 PM // 15:36

Any MSI errors are put into the Event Viewer.

nebuchanezzar · Jul 02, 2008, 11:02 PM // 23:02

The fact that your cd/rom(or whatever your disk is) "disappeared" is more indicative of a hardware or OS issue imo. This is also echoed by the fact that you can install it in other machines.
Check the event viewer like Tarun suggested for starters. I am loathe to recommend re-installing your OS but that may be the easiest solution in the end. Assuming you have the hardware requirements on the laptop to run Visual Studio anyways. Once my school days were over I haven't touched VB at all and only use Visual Studio on my servers to check/alter some things on our company website that was scripted .asp. Take my advice with a grain of salt, I am soooo not into programming myself that try to hand all that crap over to my partner at work.

BlueNovember · Jul 18, 2008, 12:52 PM // 12:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarun

You're kidding right...? Visual Basic isn't the best. And Visual Studio covers a lot more than just VB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...al_Studio_2008

I'm aware it covers more than VB. To paraphrase my point;
Use VS if you're coding in VB. Else use something which isn't bloatastic.
However, this is of course merely my opinion.
Not sure where you were read "VB is the best" from my post =).