VS Install Crashes and Burns

Question

I've never seen this before. Please can somebody shed some light on it for me. I've just done a clean install of Vista Business 64, followed by Firefox, followed by VS 2008 SP1, from an MSDN DVD. Late in the installation - I wasn't watching so didn't see when - I suddenly got a screenful of fail.

The first message in the error log is:

setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293

Google yields very, very few relevant results.

Answer 1

From what I found, HRESULT -2147023293 has to do with dlls not being registered properly in Vista. I haven't had to do this in a LONG time, but what you may want to do is try running the installer as Administrator (right click on setup.exe, Run As Administrator command).

http://forums.techarena.in/vista-administration/1039438.htm

Answer 2

I had done this straight after installing Vista, without a restart. After a restart and 39 updates, I ran the install again and it was fine.