Hi Ron, << Heres my scenario: Reformatted, installed Win2003 Set up IIS 6 and Streaming Media services Installed Office 2000, VS 6, SQL Server 2000 Installed VS.NET 2003 Attempted VS.NET 2002 and got the following warning (basicall)
Visual Studio .NET is not compatible with this version of Windows. Enable ASP and Frontpage Server Extensions. The support link to do the ASP and FPSE enabling is <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329473";>http: //support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329473</A> It instructed me to do some configuration in the Web Service Extensions node of the IIS manager, where I needed to add a new extension for the ASP.NET v1.0.3705 and aspnet_isapi.dll of the same version. Since the 1.0 framework is not on the machine, I ran the windows component update portion of the VS.NET 2002 installation, then did as the Q article suggested. I also had to set a MIME type for .tmp extensions, text/plain in the HTTP Headers portion of the web site properties. Attempted to install again and the same warning came up, I chose to ignore them and proceed, the setup rolled back after about 75% completion. I've also tried installing VS.NET 2002 on another Win2003 machine before installing VS2003 but the same warning comes up, even after doing as the Q sugges ted. So, if you have a good routine that works for you, please post the steps. >> Did you also try enabling ASP, and not just ASP.NET? You'll definitely need the first one, from what I remember. Also, what error message did you get when the installation rolled back? (you should be able to find that in the install log without needing to reinstall again). Also, I imagine you did install Frontpage Extensions 2002 explicitly, since I remember they are not installed in 2003 by default. There is also an option you can run setup with that causes it to skip dependencies check (can't quite remember what it was, though...). You might also find this useful: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319714 If anyone from the VS.NET team is around, this is one topic MS needs to address up front: step-by-step instructions to installing VS.NET 2002 on WInServer2k3, and make it *easy* to find. It's not hard, but we always seem to run into these issues, and I, at least personally, never quite remember what I did to install it :) -- Tomas Restrepo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
