VS2008 Install under bootcamp | Tech Off

Ian
Proud to be geek ....

I am running VISTA on a MacBookPro under the Leopard Bootcamp (I know) and getting a wierd message when I try and install VS2008:

"Setup has detected that this computer does not meet the requirements ....

Then under "software and requirement prerequisites":

Windows XP service Pack 2 Update Information

You must install this service pack to complete installation ....

Is anyone at MS aware of this issue? is there a workaround under VISTA? What setting is the setup checking that it is returning XP?(Needless to say that I don't want to try and install XP SP2 under VISTA!)

AndyC

Have you got SP1 RC1 installed on Vista, by any chance?

Ian
Proud to be geek ....

AndyC wrote:
Have you got SP1 RC1 installed on Vista, by any chance?

No just plain old VISTA Ultimate (with all the relevant windows updates applied)

AndyC

Try right-clicking setup.exe and see if Vista has somehow managed to turn on any of the compatability options. It certainly should work without doing anything as I installed it on Vista the other day!

Ian
Proud to be geek ....

AndyC wrote:
Try right-clicking setup.exe and see if Vista has somehow managed to turn on any of the compatability options. It certainly should work without doing anything as I installed it on Vista the other day!

I'll try that next. I have 4GB so I am just giving it a go under OSX using Parallels (using the same VISTA boot partition)

OK Results are the same:

* Under Paralells I got the same error
* Checked the properties of setup.exe and the compatibility options are grayed out (ie no selection has been made).

I am running from an ISO downloaded from MSDN. Next step I will burn to a DVD and try again ( though I expect that this is some sort of a BootCamp issue?)

Great suggestions, keep em coming!

darklotus
Carpe Noctum

Not that this will fix your issues under mac but...

I am willing to bet, if you run vista on a machine that vista was intended to run on, you wouldnt get these issues.

nlinus
nlinus

darklotus wrote:
I am willing to bet, if you run vista on a machine that vista was intended to run on, you wouldnt get these issues.

I had the same issue with my Dell XPS.

Here's the fix I found: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/05/08/2491743.aspx

Ian
Proud to be geek ....

Thanks, that sorted it!

odujosh
Need Microsoft SUX now!

darklotus wrote:
Not that this will fix your issues under mac but...

I am willing to bet, if you run vista on a machine that vista was intended to run on, you wouldnt get these issues.

Yea I think this answer is unqualified. How is an Intel clone different from an Intel clone even if it is subcontracted by Apple (apple doesnt actually 'make' anything after all:). Boot Loaders isn't a form of virtualization. (one OS running in another) Just one OS passes control to the other when asked at startup.