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VS 2008 Trial Professional Edition fails to install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista Enterprise

Tags: Visual Studio 2008 Trial Professional Edition, IE 7.0
I'm attempting to install VS 2008 Trial Professional Edition on a Windows Vista Enterprise OS running on a Dell Laptop D630.
It fails to install .NET Framework 3.5. So, I downloaded the .NET Framework 3.5 setup file by itself and it also fails to install. I attempted to install .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (since Vista already has .NET Framework 3.0 included in it by default) and I also received an error message but it said tht .NET Framework 3.0 is not supported on Vista. So much for that...
I'm on a Corporate Network but , to the best of my knowledge, I don't believe they have any restrictions or polices set to block it.
Does anyone know if there is a setting that might need to be disabled/enabled in the Registry to allow 3.5 to install or a configuration setting I might be missing to get this installation to work. Software should (for the most part) install right out of the box but Microsoft is notorious for delivering products that always require some sort of workaround.

Keep in mind I received VS 2008 at a Microsoft Event and it is the final release but I have to wait for a license to be shipped to disable the 90 day trial setting. I've been trying to install this now for an entire week but to no avail.

Your help is much appreciated,
Wally
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Zone: Programming
Question Asked By: wally_davis
Solution Provided By: indianguru2
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