windows installer

How are you installing .Net? Have you installed the .net framework itself yet?

CJ

I mean. What CD's are available to you? What have you already installed? You cannot install the framework SDK without installing the .net framework itself first.

The .Net framework comes with 4 cd's and an additional cd called the windows component update.

CJ

I mean. What CD's are available to you? What have you already installed? You cannot install the framework SDK without installing the .net framework itself first.

Visual Studio.Net comes with 4 cd's and an additional cd called the windows component update.

CJ

I tried to install .NET framework from MSDN site download. I got the same message: "needs to update the Installer components.."

I thought .NET framework and SDK is free? Do I have to have the "update components" to go forward? Can I download from somewhere?

Hmmm, so the installer is giving all the problems at first.

is there any error code you got when you installed only the installer update?

CJ

"an unexpected error occurred" is the only thing I got..

Can I just borrow the "update component" CD? Does that require a license also? Will the CD help?

It should help much and does not require a key. trhe actual VS.Net does require a key.

I know that the component update comes with VS.Net and with MSDN subscriptions. it's not downloadable at microsoft's.

CJ

And nothing in the event viewer?

CJ

Event Viewer:

The C: disk is at or near capacity..

but when I check, there is 230 mb available. I didn't get to choose a different drive..

Not enough. That is reserved for swapping space. You need more space!

CJ

Need space for just the "Windows Installer?"

For temporary files, for the windows installer etc. yea. And part of it is reserved for swapping space.

A tip: always keep at least twice the amount of ram free for correct working of your machine.

CJ

I should be able to install these on NT 4.0 right?
Now I have only 2 GB partitioned for C:, and the OS takes a big part of it. I have hard time getting the space. Is there another way to do this?

Use partition magic! And if you have the OS installed on a RAID disk then you can use the RAID utilities to do that. Otherwise the best option is to use partition magic.

CJ

I have increased the space of C: drive to 360 mb, and I got same error.

I don't think the problem has anything to do with the disk space. I think the message from the event viewer does not refer to the installation attempt. Also I think just the installation of the Installer alone shouldn't need much resource. I got the error message "an unexpected error occurred" when installing the Installer. No meesage is found in the event viewer.

I made a separate, unsuccessful attempt to install the Installer..

Uhmmm :-(

Do you have sufficient rights on your machine? Do you have full access to winnt\installer? Is any virus scanner running?

I don't think i can be of much more help than what i've given so far.

CJ

(ps. off to bed now)

If you cannot fix this, I don't know who can..

I have full access to winnt\installer.
There were many folders there- instMsi0, instMsi1, instMsi2,... etc. I removed all but one (denied).

If I go into that folder, there are 2 exe- msiinst.exe, msiexec.exe and 6 .dll and an sdb file.

If I type at a command prompt: "msiinst", it says "an unexpected error occurred."

If I type "msiexec", it says "incorrect command line parameters."

It's the installer file :-/

Any bad sectors on your machine and no virus scanner running?

CJ

Norton Antivirus is installed on my machine. There is an "rtvscan.exe" on my task manager process list..

I'm having the exact same problem for a while, that is, I haven't been able to run instmsiW.exe. This is not in particular related to .NET installation (which I'd like to run right now but this is stopping me).

Have you found any solution to this?

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