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.
Visual Studio 2008 question
Richardt
Tarun
VS2008 works fine for me.
BlueNovember
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)
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
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I imagine it's a decent enough app when configured, but unless you're using VB it's KDevelop / Netbeans all the way imo.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso...al_Studio_2008
Cyb3r
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
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
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
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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.
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Tarun
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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.
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Or Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer
MirkoTeran
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
Any MSI errors are put into the Event Viewer.
nebuchanezzar
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.
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
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You're kidding right...? Visual Basic isn't the best. And Visual Studio covers a lot more than just VB.
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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 =).