travis wrote:Anyone else having problems using the installer(s)? I've tried both vcssetup.exe and vwdsetup.exe - both crashed on the screen where it tried to d/l the stuff (never gets past 0K of the .Net 2.0 beta). Should I post more crash details?
I think I may have found the problem:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/readme/
msdn wrote:Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Issue: Download will fail on a computer that does not have BITS (Background Intelligent Service) installed. To to verify that BITS is installed on your computer, open Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, and then click Services.Workaround: Install and enable the BITS service. You can download and install BITS from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c6ef6c8-2abf-43c7-ab51-e0c53303086d&DisplayLang=en"> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c6ef6c8-2abf-43c7-ab51- e0c53303086d&DisplayLang=en.
I had the BITS service disabled. Really though, this shouldn't crash the installer. It should test to make sure BITS is running before it tries to use it.
