Powershell install on Vista

I am having trouble installing Powershell on Vista.

1) I have downloaded Windows6.0-KB928439-x86.msu

2) When I try to install I get an error: 'Not enough storage to process
this command'. Normally, I would believe that the disk is full, however, on
this occasion there is 6 GB of free disk space.

One more piece of info this is a Virtual Machine install, that said, it has
been running daily since Janary without any problems.

Should I believe that the disk is full, or could there be another
explaination? Any ideas gratefully received.

Guy

P.S. Installed Powershell in Windows Server 2003 no problem.

Sorry to have troubled you, it was my 'user' error. In a nutshell I was
installing the wrong file! Still, I could have used a friendlier error
mesage.

Guy


"Guy Thomas" <guy@computerperformance.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uwNc8$jaHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I am having trouble installing Powershell on Vista.
>
> 1) I have downloaded Windows6.0-KB928439-x86.msu
>
> 2) When I try to install I get an error: 'Not enough storage to process
> this command'. Normally, I would believe that the disk is full, however,
> on this occasion there is 6 GB of free disk space.
>
> One more piece of info this is a Virtual Machine install, that said, it
> has been running daily since Janary without any problems.
>
> Should I believe that the disk is full, or could there be another
> explaination? Any ideas gratefully received.
>
> Guy
>
> P.S. Installed Powershell in Windows Server 2003 no problem.
>
>
>
>

The URL below goes back to a November 2006 Q & A
Here however is a quote I somehow decided to remember (and then found to
quote here). Of course we all know that there is now a Vista PS release.

The Question
'Even though it's not technically supported, will PowerShell run on Vista,
or will we need to wait for a Vista-specific version?

The Answer
You'll have to wait for the Vista-specific version (which should be out
fairly soon). The current build will not install on Vista; I think it tells
you that you don't have enough available disk space, regardless of how much
disk space you actually have.'

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...day3qanda.mspx

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"Guy Thomas" wrote:

> Sorry to have troubled you, it was my 'user' error. In a nutshell I was
> installing the wrong file! Still, I could have used a friendlier error
> mesage.
>
> Guy
>
>
> "Guy Thomas" <guy@computerperformance.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uwNc8$jaHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >I am having trouble installing Powershell on Vista.
> >
> > 1) I have downloaded Windows6.0-KB928439-x86.msu
> >
> > 2) When I try to install I get an error: 'Not enough storage to process
> > this command'. Normally, I would believe that the disk is full, however,
> > on this occasion there is 6 GB of free disk space.
> >
> > One more piece of info this is a Virtual Machine install, that said, it
> > has been running daily since Janary without any problems.
> >
> > Should I believe that the disk is full, or could there be another
> > explaination? Any ideas gratefully received.
> >
> > Guy
> >
> > P.S. Installed Powershell in Windows Server 2003 no problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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"Guy Thomas" wrote:

> Sorry to have troubled you, it was my 'user' error. In a nutshell I was
> installing the wrong file! Still, I could have used a friendlier error
> mesage.
>
> Guy
>
>
> "Guy Thomas" <guy@computerperformance.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uwNc8$jaHHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >I am having trouble installing Powershell on Vista.
> >
> > 1) I have downloaded Windows6.0-KB928439-x86.msu
> >
> > 2) When I try to install I get an error: 'Not enough storage to process
> > this command'. Normally, I would believe that the disk is full, however,
> > on this occasion there is 6 GB of free disk space.
> >
> > One more piece of info this is a Virtual Machine install, that said, it
> > has been running daily since Janary without any problems.
> >
> > Should I believe that the disk is full, or could there be another
> > explaination? Any ideas gratefully received.
> >
> > Guy
> >
> > P.S. Installed Powershell in Windows Server 2003 no problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

In message <ECE45A68-FBE1-40E6-BAE5-A25190C92875@microsoft.com>,
DhamAngry <DhamAngry@discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>The Answer
>You'll have to wait for the Vista-specific version (which should be out
>fairly soon). The current build will not install on Vista; I think it
>tells you that you don't have enough available disk space, regardless
>of how much disk space you actually have.'

Two points:

1. It was/is possible to install PSH on Vista but it was an unsupported
hack.
2. There is now a vista ready installer and it works just fine.

Thomas

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