Re: Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition - Setup crashes   

Great!!! I was exactly searching for this. Thanks for the post... it works


"Julie Kanfi" wrote:

> Actually this is a very common issue with this product and XP for unknown 
> reasons. I spent a lot of time searching the internet for the solution and 
> here is what I found that actually worked!
> 
> Manually start setup:
> 
> X:\SETUP\ACMSETUP.EXE /T VS98Ent.STF /S X:\ /n "" /o "" /k "YYYYYYYYYY" /b1
> X=cd drive letter and YYYYYYYYY=cd key.
> 
> If you receive the following message "You must first run the Installation 
> Wizard"
> Update the Registry using a .reg file (copy paste the below text into a 
> notepad file and name it with .reg) with the following then rerun the above 
> command:
> 
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> 
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio]
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0]
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup]
> "VsCommonDir"="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Common"
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\Visual Studio 
> 98]
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\Visual Studio 
> 98\SetupWizard]
> "aspo"=dword:38395356
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\Visual Studio 
> 98\SetupWizard-1033-ENT]
> "heuristics"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
> 
> Hopefully I'll save someone else all the time I spent to fix the issue.
> 
> Julie Kanfi
> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message 
> news:Oib95bi8GHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Julie,
> >
> >> Yes that is correct. All PC's are patched exactly the same with SP2.
> >> Only this one is getting the error on setup start-up.
> >
> > This implies there's something wrong with the specific machine. In that 
> > case, I think the best option would be to rebuild this machine or just use 
> > a different machine for VC++ 6.0 and use this one for something else. You 
> > should also check the ntdll.dll versions on all of them to see if there 
> > are any differences.
> >
> >> The only difference would be the machine type with different hardware 
> >> drivers.
> >>
> >> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message 
> >> news:u2gL$vj7GHA.1256@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>> Hi Julie,
> >>>
> >>> Are you saying it installs fine on other XP SP2 machines, but not this 
> >>> one?
> >>>
> >>> Julie Kanfi wrote:
> >>>> We are trying to install Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise edition on a 
> >>>> newly
> >>>> installed PC.
> >>>> XP SP2 with all patches to date.
> >>>> The same CD installs without problems on many other PC's in the office
> >>>> patched the same.
> >>>> The error received when the autorun starts is as follows:
> >>>> Setup has encountered a problem and needs to close.
> >>>> Send or don't send to Microsoft.
> >>>>
> >>>> Event Viewer details:
> >>>> Faulting application vs60wiz.exe, version 6.0.0.8167, faulting module
> >>>> ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x00017a8c.
> >>>>
> >>>> I found article Q192731 and tried the following:
> >>>> Rename the performance counter dll's in the registry, no effect.
> >>>> Rename the Perfc009.dat file, the setup gets to the first screen but as 
> >>>> soon
> >>>> as you click next, same error message.
> >>>> Booted in safe mode, same error.
> >>>>
> >>>> I require help to resolve this issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Gerry Hickman (London UK) 
> 
> 
>

date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:51:01 -0700   author:   Dipak