Installing CS2007 Developer Edition on Vista
With Vista going gold I'd like to present the first encountered Vista development setup issue:
[10:05:20 AM Info] Action 10:05:20: DevenvSetupvs. Setting up Commerce Server
Projects for Visual Studio
[10:10:04 AM Info] There is a problem with this
Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as
expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action
DevenvSetupvs, location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\Common7\IDE\, command: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /Setup /resetskippkgs
[10:10:10 AM Info] Showing
MessageBox with text: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A
program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your
support personnel or package vendor. Action DevenvSetupvs, location: C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\, command: "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /Setup /resetskippkgs
Return Code: 1
I can get around it by not installing the Project Creation Wizard.
Cheers,
Colin
Hey Alan,
Understood. As I'm sure you're aware Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (beta) still has a number of quirks to be resolved as well. I know I'm taking my life into my own hands with the move, but I'm keen to get a start on the .NET Framework 3.0 stuff. I have a virtual machine with Windows Server 2003 as my backup. I thought I would share my experiences in case others attempt it (knowing that they aren't officially supported).
Will SP1 target Vista compatibility for development? In particular I'm interested in the scenario which uses the WebDev.WebServer.exe for development purposes only (ignoring IIS 7 for the time being). Besides potential changes at the COM/COM+ layer my experience under a Windows Serer 2003 development environment is that I could do all the necessary day-to-day work using WebDev.WebServer without a problem.
Cheers,
Colin
Hey Alan,
Glad to hear that Longhorn support will make it in. We're actively testing IIS7 and look forward to the changes it brings to the web server stack.
Can you (or anyone on the team) talk to time frames for service packs? I don't need hard dates, but rather ranged estimates as most SP dates from Microsoft have ended up slipping because of various reasons.
We're targeting a move to Vista on the desktops here in the next 60 days, so SP1 is important for us. For SP2 I'd like to know if it's being tied to the Longhorn RTM in some way (e.g release within x days of Longhorn RTM). For SP2, in particular, I would be interested in a beta program so we can move forward with Longhorn RC into production (pending go live licenses of course).
Thanks,
Colin
