If you install Visual Studio SP1 from a CD, it seems to work OK. I never
could get the download to install on my 32-bit Vista.
Dana Cline - MCE MVP
"Spocks Buddy" <1111@11.11> wrote in message
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> visual studio 2005 is not compatible with vista...
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> ms cant retain compatiblity with its owb products...let alone everyone
> elses lol
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> go back to xp that is better, faster and more stable... rethink vista
> after getting a 4 core machine and service pack 1 at least is out.
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> "Black Shuck" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> For months now, it's been constantly downloading and attempting to
>> install Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1, and bugs me daily that I need
>> to install it, despite the install failing every time.
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>> Seriously, can somone advise me how to sort this nonsense out, before I
>> go back to XP for a quiet life?
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