Visual Studio Setup and Installation

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07/16/2010

System Requirement	.NET Framework .NET Framework System Requirements https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8z6watww.aspx Visual Studio .NET Visual Studio .NET System Requirements https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4c26cc39(VS.71).aspx Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio 2005 System Requirements https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4c26cc39(VS.80).aspx Visual Studio 2005 Team System Requirements https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252568(VS.80).aspx Visual Studio 2008 Visual Studio 2008 System Requirements https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4c26cc39.aspx See the readme file in the root directory of the Visual Studio 2008 installation media, or on the Internet at Readme: Visual Studio 2008. Visual Studio 2008 Team System Requirements https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252568.aspx Visual Studio 2010 System Requirements Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Readme: https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/A/0/7A023209-096F-4F7D-B2BC-831ECC68FF5B/VS2010Beta1Readme.htm Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Readme: https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/5/3/B5379D88-51D7-4240-9423-CE1427502784/VS2010Beta2Readme.htm Visual Studio 2010 RC Readme: https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/F/F/AFFE9A0D-E43C-4402-99C1-DD4E0E58AB60/VS2010RCReadme.htm
Best Practice to install Visual Studio	https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/60f71a54-506e-4c70-be98-e993ce6d1ddf/
How to Troubleshoot	.NET Framework Troubleshooting Unified .NET Framework Troubleshooting Guide https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/454956.aspx How to verify .NET Framework installation https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/f3f4a75b-9b7d-444d-aa4f-6c01d6f62f72#NET_Framework_verification Visual Studio 2005 Troubleshooting Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 Setup Troubleshooting Guide https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/492809.aspx How to troubleshoot the installation of Visual Studio 2005 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/0376db8f-4761-4ae5-9af2-98c53216318a#How_to_troubleshoot_the_installation Visual Studio 2008 Troubleshooting What are the tips for troubleshooting Visual Studio 2008 setup problems? https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/0376db8f-4761-4ae5-9af2-98c53216318a#How_to_overcome_Visual_Studio_2008___ How to diagnose Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 setup issues with setup Logs https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/0376db8f-4761-4ae5-9af2-98c53216318a#How_to_diagnoseVS2008_NETFramework_logs Visual Studio 2008 Setup Troubleshooting Guide https://blogs.msdn.com/varungupta/archive/2007/12/04/visual-studio-2008-setup-troubleshooting-guide.aspx Visual Studio and .NET Framework Installation Tips https://blogs.msdn.com/msdnforum/archive/2010/03/06/visual-studio-and-net-framework-installation-tips.aspx
Troubleshooting Tools	Collection Tool https://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/05/09/visual-studio-and-net-log-collection-utility.aspx .NET Framework Verification Tool https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/8999004.aspx .NET Framework Cleanup Tool https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/8904493.aspx Windows Installer CleanUp Utility https://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/en-us Process Monitor https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
How to troubleshoot	How to locate the cause of error code 1603 in a verbose MSI log file https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/08/01/446328.aspx How to Interpret Windows Installer Logs https://blogs.technet.com/richard_macdonald/archive/2007/04/02/How-to-Interpret-Windows-Installer-Logs.aspx
Common error code	Composite Installer is reporting 0x80070663 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/15ad04e8-1749-4eb4-bd09-4b5fd9f77d5f/ Error 5 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/ec14eb28-670d-446a-a83c-ad939025b15a Error 87 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/c9d57fea-801b-4046-a626-89544dd3d190/?prof=required Error 1304 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/c72e50cb-67b8-4e0f-8409-bdf472b43e22/ Error 1321 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/a2b272a7-ea99-4fef-ab33-929fd31e14d1/ https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/69bf89a1-cd62-48d9-afd2-cac51cae480b/ Error 1330 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/9828a0cf-07db-47ff-8a72-998c2a0f31c2 Error 1402 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/9dcef871-1700-43c9-a168-4a52e60dfdcf/ Error 1601 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/e227dcb4-ebe5-4076-8957-6dd0807e7bdf Error 1612 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/Vsexpressinstall/thread/b6ef62f7-adec-4b15-bf67-40697d09d660 Error 1714 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/a4a42d9c-80d3-4edb-9a4a-c352c5788cda Error 1719 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/47985137-8766-4fc3-a42d-e0d8c4f2b4d5 Error 1935 https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2004/11/10/255346.aspx HRESULT 0x800736B3 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/b67f7676-99f8-4ca2-bcbc-9fbb4b5e2e46 HRESULT 0x8002802F https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/48d600f7-70a0-4976-b7c6-31d28d44670b HRESULT 0x80070002 https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/02/01/364375.aspx HRESULT 0x80070424 https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/8dec5541-54ea-4d12-8a5c-37dba4db90f5 HRESULT 0x80070424 Error 2908 https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2004/11/10/255346.aspx
Some Visual Studio command	https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7.aspx
How to remove Visual Studio	Remove .NET Framework https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/f3f4a75b-9b7d-444d-aa4f-6c01d6f62f72#How_to_remove_NET_framework Remove Visual Studio 2005 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/907965/en-us https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms246604(VS.80).aspx Remove Visual Studio 2008 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms246604.aspx https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vssetup/thread/0f8f41aa-a835-4f69-bc65-d9c563ff83a9
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FAQ	Visual Studio Setup FAQ https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/0376db8f-4761-4ae5-9af2-98c53216318a .NET Framework Setup FAQ https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/f3f4a75b-9b7d-444d-aa4f-6c01d6f62f72
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