Vista - Visual Studio 2005 & Vista 64 issues

nzmike · 06-22-2008

I would have bought VS2008 Pro - you could have targeted the 2.0 version of
the framework (which VS2005 uses) if you had to use that version of the
framework. That's a new feature available in 2008. Also, the VS2008 IDE is
supported by Vista out of the box, and you're not buying software that's 3
years old already. However this is just my humble opinion.

Always welcome more developers in the .NET community!

"nzmike" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Yes, thanks - eventually I realised that's what I needed to do and I
> found the normal SP1 package by googling (since the MS link was broken -
> how typical is that?!). Once I re-installed VS2005 by copying the files
> from the DVD then applied the two SP's it went fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>
> --
> nzmike

06-22-2008

"nzmike" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Hoping someone out there can help me... I just built a new Vista Home
> Premium 64 PC. So far everything has gone well so this morning I
> decided to install Visual Studio 2005 Professional. Whilst installing I
> got some dialogs saying there were compatibility issues with the O/S but
> I let it install anyway assuming that the Vista SP1 would solve them
> (which the MS site says it does).
>
> So, apart from that, VS2005 installed fine and it does run (though I've
> not tried to load any projects or compile etc) but I can't get the
> VS2005 Vista SP1 package to run at all... even if I right click on the
> exe file and run it as an administrator after a moment it gives me this
> error dialog and will not go any further:
>
> "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service
> because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch
> may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program
> to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct
> upgrade patch".
>
> I am pretty much an XP expert but am *very* new to Vista and have no
> idea what this might be - anyone got any idea what this could be or how
> to solve it?
>
> TIA for any suggestions....
>
> Mike
>
>
> --
> nzmike

Did you install SP1 for VS 2005, then install the Vista patch for SP 2005?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/bb265237.aspx

nzmike · 06-23-2008

Yes, thanks - eventually I realised that's what I needed to do and I found the normal SP1 package by googling (since the MS link was broken - how typical is that?!). Once I re-installed VS2005 by copying the files from the DVD then applied the two SP's it went fine.

Cheers,

Mike

06-24-2008

I would have bought VS2008 Pro - you could have targeted the 2.0 version of
the framework (which VS2005 uses) if you had to use that version of the
framework. That's a new feature available in 2008. Also, the VS2008 IDE is
supported by Vista out of the box, and you're not buying software that's 3
years old already. However this is just my humble opinion.

Always welcome more developers in the .NET community!

"nzmike" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:f0670a57455d45ba1253dce755d8ec7f@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Quote:

>
> Yes, thanks - eventually I realised that's what I needed to do and I
> found the normal SP1 package by googling (since the MS link was broken -
> how typical is that?!). Once I re-installed VS2005 by copying the files
> from the DVD then applied the two SP's it went fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>
> --
> nzmike

06-22-2008	#1 (permalink)
nzmike Vista Home Premium 64bit 0 posts	Visual Studio 2005 & Vista 64 issues I would have bought VS2008 Pro - you could have targeted the 2.0 version of the framework (which VS2005 uses) if you had to use that version of the framework. That's a new feature available in 2008. Also, the VS2008 IDE is supported by Vista out of the box, and you're not buying software that's 3 years old already. However this is just my humble opinion. Always welcome more developers in the .NET community! "nzmike" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:f0670a57455d45ba1253dce755d8ec7f@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Yes, thanks - eventually I realised that's what I needed to do and I > found the normal SP1 package by googling (since the MS link was broken - > how typical is that?!). Once I re-installed VS2005 by copying the files > from the DVD then applied the two SP's it went fine. > > Cheers, > > Mike > > > -- > nzmike
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06-22-2008	#2 (permalink)
PvdG42 n/a posts	Re: Visual Studio 2005 & Vista 64 issues "nzmike" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:26088e925e927ab68f86dc2af098a572@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Hi, > > Hoping someone out there can help me... I just built a new Vista Home > Premium 64 PC. So far everything has gone well so this morning I > decided to install Visual Studio 2005 Professional. Whilst installing I > got some dialogs saying there were compatibility issues with the O/S but > I let it install anyway assuming that the Vista SP1 would solve them > (which the MS site says it does). > > So, apart from that, VS2005 installed fine and it does run (though I've > not tried to load any projects or compile etc) but I can't get the > VS2005 Vista SP1 package to run at all... even if I right click on the > exe file and run it as an administrator after a moment it gives me this > error dialog and will not go any further: > > "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service > because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch > may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program > to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct > upgrade patch". > > I am pretty much an XP expert but am very new to Vista and have no > idea what this might be - anyone got any idea what this could be or how > to solve it? > > TIA for any suggestions.... > > Mike > > > -- > nzmike Did you install SP1 for VS 2005, then install the Vista patch for SP 2005? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/bb265237.aspx
My System Specs

06-23-2008	#3 (permalink)
nzmike Vista Home Premium 64bit 0 posts	Re: Visual Studio 2005 & Vista 64 issues Yes, thanks - eventually I realised that's what I needed to do and I found the normal SP1 package by googling (since the MS link was broken - how typical is that?!). Once I re-installed VS2005 by copying the files from the DVD then applied the two SP's it went fine. Cheers, Mike
My System Specs

06-24-2008	#4 (permalink)
Jeff Winn n/a posts	Re: Visual Studio 2005 & Vista 64 issues I would have bought VS2008 Pro - you could have targeted the 2.0 version of the framework (which VS2005 uses) if you had to use that version of the framework. That's a new feature available in 2008. Also, the VS2008 IDE is supported by Vista out of the box, and you're not buying software that's 3 years old already. However this is just my humble opinion. Always welcome more developers in the .NET community! "nzmike" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:f0670a57455d45ba1253dce755d8ec7f@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Yes, thanks - eventually I realised that's what I needed to do and I > found the normal SP1 package by googling (since the MS link was broken - > how typical is that?!). Once I re-installed VS2005 by copying the files > from the DVD then applied the two SP's it went fine. > > Cheers, > > Mike > > > -- > nzmike
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