Visual-Studio severely damages Vista

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SG

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Hi Jim,

I didn't have setup problems either, but it did fix a long time annoying

rouge Registry entries that no matter what I tried I could not modify nor

delete them. After running SubInACL I was able to fix this problem without a

hitch. I think it's at least worth a try.

--

All the best,

SG

Is your computer system ready for Vista?

https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

"Jim Kay" <joschka@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message

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>I will run this but I should point out that I've not had any installation

>problems with Visual Studio. It's all the other stuff that gets into

>trouble AFTER Visual Studio has been installed (and uninstall doesn't help;

>only a fresh rebuild of Vista helps.)

>

> Jim

>

> "SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message

> news:u3s2$uEnIHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

>> Hi Jim,

>>

>> Found something that "may" help you.

>> http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/200.../04/739820.aspx

>>

>> Note the section:

>> Example of a setup failure that was fixed by SubInACL

>> A customer contacted me with a problem installing Visual Studio 2005

>>

>>

>> --

>> All the best,

>> SG

>>

>> Is your computer system ready for Vista?

>> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

>>

>> "Jim Kay" <joschka@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message

>> news:B3E74237-110A-479A-A36C-8110ACB8F534@microsoft.com...<span style="color:darkred">

>>> McAfee did not cause this problem. It was very specifically the install

>>> of Visual-Studio 2008 that did it.

>>>

>>> At that particular time, I was using F-Secure, not McAfee.

>>>

>>> "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message

>>> news:b8qdnUKN_ttMf2HanZ2dnUVZ_tmhnZ2d@comcast.com...

>>>> McAfee is known to cause problems in Vista. Sometimes they don’t show

>>>> up immediately.

>>>> Replace McAfee with the free AVG http://free.grisoft.com/ or Avast

>>>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html, and Windows Firewall and

>>>> Windows Defender. Disabling McAfee is not enough. You need to

>>>> completely uninstall it.

>>>> McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

>>>> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Uninsta...oval-Tool.shtml

>>>> -------

>>>> Report back, please

>>>>

>>>> "SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:eWE7kUgmIHA.1680@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Here is the post Bob,

>>>>>

>>>>> Quote:

>>>>> Way back in Nov of 2006, when Vista appeared for download on MSDN, I

>>>>> began

>>>>> testing it. One of the early things I did was install Visual-Studio

>>>>> 2005

>>>>> with its SP1. I discovered that multiple critical update processes

>>>>> were

>>>>> failing to get access to c:config.msi (a directory) and I was NOT

>>>>> being

>>>>> prompted by UAC for administrative rights. There were scads of

>>>>> messages

>>>>> about this on the Visual-Studio forum but silence from Microsoft.

>>>>> Every time

>>>>> I update the access rights to that directory, something in Vista/V-S

>>>>> sets

>>>>> those rights back to where they were.

>>>>>

>>>>> Because I did not know the cause of the problem I totally rebuilt the

>>>>> machine and installed my software more slowly. This time I discovered

>>>>> it was

>>>>> specifically the install of Visual-Studio 2005 with its SP1 that

>>>>> caused the

>>>>> problem.

>>>>>

>>>>> I totally rebuilt the machine another time (each time takes about

>>>>> three

>>>>> days) and then I installed Visual-Studio 2008 believing Microsoft MUST

>>>>> have

>>>>> fixed the problem in the new Visual-Studio. Boy was I WRONG!!!

>>>>> Eventually, I

>>>>> reconfigured c:config.msi to inherit its rights from the root and I

>>>>> gave

>>>>> myself full control there. This has made the problem a bit better but

>>>>> even

>>>>> that gets reset in mysterious ways.

>>>>>

>>>>> Now I am having trouble with McAfee Total Protection for Small

>>>>> Business

>>>>> which decides it cannot update it's registry entries so it stops

>>>>> downloading

>>>>> the latest virus signatures. (For now I may have found a workaroud: as

>>>>> soon

>>>>> as I logon, I stop McAfee and restart it using run as administrator.)

>>>>>

>>>>> But this mess is totally INSANE! I have several Vista systems running

>>>>> for

>>>>> testing and this is the only machine where I have installed

>>>>> Visual-Studio.

>>>>> It's the only machine having these problems which began IMMEDIATELY

>>>>> after I

>>>>> installed V-S again (fool that I am).

>>>>>

>>>>> Is there any hope that Microsoft is going to acknowledge this mess and

>>>>> figure out how to fix it?

>>>>> End Quote

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> All the best,

>>>>> SG

>>>>>

>>>>> Is your computer system ready for Vista?

>>>>> https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/

>>>>>

>>>>> "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message

>>>>> news:U4adnftau6XE3WHanZ2dnUVZ_sKqnZ2d@comcast.com...

>>>>>> What post?

>>>>>> When posting, please quote relevant information so that others know

>>>>>> what you’re talking about.

>>>>> SNIPPED

>>>>

>>></span>

>></span>

> </span>

 
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Julian

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"Jim Kay" <joschka@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message

news:5B4558EE-5837-49A6-A494-F8111AF34CB7@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> Thanks for posting. It helps me remember I'm not crazy.</span>

I'm not sure I'm the best guarantee of anyone's sanity <NARF>

....but if we do get it fixed then maybe we could team up and Try To Take

Over The World <g>

<snip>

--

Julian I-Do-Maniacal Laughter (Type-17)

Some Vista stuff, but mostly just Stuff at http://berossus,blogspot.com

 
J

Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]

Guest
Hello,

I'm wondering if the suggestion has helped or if you have any further

questions.

Please feel free to respond to the newsgroups if I can assist further.

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Neo Zhu,

Microsoft Online Support

Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:15:40 GMT

| Subject: Re: Visual-Studio severely damages Vista

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| Hello Jim,

|

| Thank you for your reply.

|

| I fully understand your feeling on this issue. Generally speaking, we

will

| always try our best to solve and reduce compatibility issues between

| applications and systems. We try to will do full tests before releasing

our

| products. Some known issues will be included in the release note together

| with a guide or instruction telling you how to prevent or resolve these

| kinds of issues.

|

| To this specific issue, I recommend you follow the installation guide

| strictly when installing Visual Studio. If not, some unexpected issues

| might occur. For example,it is recommended to "Run as Administrator" to

| install Visual Studio SP1 in Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Release

| Notes as Visual Studio installation requires elevated privileges. If you

| run the installation without elevate privileges, you might get some

| problems during the installation or the problem occurs after the

| installation is finished or even after the program is uninstalled.

|

| You could refer to the following Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1

Release

| Notes when install Visual Studio:

| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928957/

|

| During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were

made

| to vastly improve overall quality, security, and reliability from

previous

| versions of Windows.

|

| I also notice that the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for

Windows

| Vista is available for download. The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1

| Update for Windows Vista addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by

| Windows Vista enhancements. If you haven't installed this update, I

| strongly recommend you install this update after the Visual Studio 2005

SP1

| is installed and have another test.

|

| You could download this update here:

|

| Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista

|

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...942d-3ad1-4873-

| a2ee-4acc0aace5b6&displaylang=en

|

| If possible, please test Visual Studio 2005 SP1 together with Update for

| Windows Vista and Visual Studio 2008 on different Vista machines.

|

| Moreover, the following information is for your reference:

|

| Visual Studio on Windows Vista FAQ

| http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/aa948854

|

| Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista Issue List - Running with normal user

| permissions

| http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/aa972193

|

| Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista Issue List - Running with elevated

| administrator permissions

| http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/aa964140

|

| Visual Studio .NET 2003 on Windows Vista Issue List

| http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/bb188244.aspx

|

| I hope this helps. Thanks.

|

| Sincerely,

| Neo Zhu,

| Microsoft Online Support

| Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

|

| Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

| =====================================================

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| that others may learn and benefit from your issue.

| =====================================================

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| | Reply-To: "Jim Kay" <jim@jimkay.us>

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| | Dear Jian-Ping Zhu,

| |

| | I thank you for your honest response about this problem. It's the first

| one

| | I've gotten from Microsoft. Of course, UAC and Visual Studio aren't

| playing

| | well together. (Even though you only acknowledge this between the

lines,

| I

| | appreciate it.)

| |

| | My personal account is a member of the Administrators group.

| | When the permissions get reset on c:\config.msi, the administrators

group

| | retains 'full control' as would be expected.

| | One would expect that disabling UAC would bypass the permissions

problem

| on

| | that folder and it certainly does that. It was one of the first things

I

| | tried.

| |

| | Perhaps I should have been explicit about having disabled UAC in the

| past.

| | But I get tired of being pestered to turn it back on and, basically, I

| think

| | it's better for me to have UAC working.

| |

| | But you seem to be acknowledging that Visual Studio and UAC don't play

| well

| | together. That's pretty sad now that Vista has been retail since late

| | November of 2006 and Microsoft is holding firmly to the position that

| | reduced user permissions is a reasonable and necessary approach to

| limiting

| | the risks of rogue software. In fact, I fully agree with Microsoft on

| this

| | point.

| |

| | Microsoft is also holding the position that conflicts with UAC are

| totally

| | the responsibility of the application vendors who should either fix

their

| | product so it doesn't require full administrator rights or should be

| certain

| | their product prompts the user when that is truly necessary.

| |

| | OK, I agree. But, of course, Microsoft is ALSO the application vendor

for

| | Visual Studio and that department hasn't gotten the message about being

| in

| | compliance with UAC.

| |

| | I'm certainly old enough and experienced enough to understand that an

| | organization as large as Microsoft will inevetibly be inconsistent;

even

| | seriously inconsistent. But now that Vista has been retail for one year

| and

| | five months, I think it fair of the user community to expect a clear

| | acknowledgment and warning from Microsoft about this problem; and

really

| I

| | think it should have been fixed LONG AGO!

| |

| | In any case, I removed Visual Studio 2008 long ago but the problem

| remains

| | as it has every time before. I am now in the process if reinstalling

| Visual

| | Studio 2008 using the method you provided. With UAC disabled, I am

nearly

| | certain I won't have the permissions problem as that would be very

| strange

| | indeed.

| |

| | So I suppose I get to choose between two alternatives:

| | 1. totally rebuild my Vista system AGAIN and live without Visual Studio

| on

| | any Vista machine until Microsoft steps up the problem and fixes it.

| | 2. run without UAC until Microsoft steps up to the problem and fixes it.

| |

| | I do wonder how I'm going to know that the problem has actually been

| fixed

| | so I can turn UAC back on. (I'm not at all in the mood to do yet

another

| | total rebuild. But if something else forces me to, I may go back to

| running

| | Visual Studio on an XP virtual machine which I have already

experimented

| | with doing.)

| |

| | Shie Shie (Thats the best I can do transliterating 'thank you' from

| | Mandarin)

| | Jim Kay

| |

| | "Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]" <v-jpzhu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

| | news:xTNFfSjmIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

| | > Hello Jim,

| | >

| | > Thank you for the reply.

| | >

| | > I have done some further research and I find that Vista's UAC

prompting

| | > might cause this problem. Also running Visual Studio with normal user

| | > permissions on Vista might cause some issues.

| | >

| | > To narrow down this issue, I recommend you follow the steps below and

| have

| | > another try.

| | >

| | > 1. Enable the Administrator account and log in as Administrator.

| | > 2. Disable Vista's UAC prompting.

| | > To do this, please

| | > 1). Go to Start, Run, and enter "MSCONFIG"

| | > 2). Go to the Tools menu.

| | > 3). Halfway down the list, enable 'Disable UAC Disables User

Account

| | > Control (Requires Reboot)'

| | > 4). Reboot.

| | >

| | > 3. Please uninstall Visual Studio and reinstall it again following the

| | > steps I mentioned in my last mail.

| | >

| | > After that, please check whether the issues still occur.

| | >

| | > If yes, please tell me in detail that what operation causes the issue.

| | > Please also check whether there are any error messages recorded in

Event

| | > logs and let me know. If possible, please capture a screenshot of the

| | > error

| | > message and mail the screenshot to me.

| | >

| | > To capture a screenshot:

| | > ===================

| | > 1. Please press the Print Screen key (PrtScn) on your keyboard.

| | > 2. Click "Start", click "Run", type "mspaint", and click "OK".

| | > 3. In Paint, click Paste under the Edit Menu, click Save under the

File

| | > menu, type a file name for the screenshot, choose JPEG as "Save as

| type",

| | > click "Desktop" on the left pane, and click Save.

| | > 4. Please find the screenshot on the Desktop and send it as an

| attachment

| | > to: v-jpzhu@microsoft.com

| | >

| | > More information

| | > ==============

| | > The following information is for your reference:

| | >

| | > Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista Issue List when running with

normal

| | > user permissions:

| | > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2005/aa972193.aspx

| | >

| | > Contents of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Setup Issues Readme file

| | > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;EN-US;908452

| | >

| | > I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

| | >

| | > Sincerely,

| | > Neo Zhu,

| | > Microsoft Online Support

| | > Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

| | >

| | > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

| | > =====================================================

| | > When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader

so

| | > that others may learn and benefit from your issue.

| | > =====================================================

| | > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

| | > rights.

| | >

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| | > | Reply-To: "Jim Kay" <jim@jimkay.us>

| | > | From: "Jim Kay" <joschka@newsgroup.nospam>

| | > | References: <14AAFE37-9C21-418B-83F2-1B503B4EB86F@microsoft.com>

| | > <zuUrusWmIHA.9016@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>

| | > | In-Reply-To: <zuUrusWmIHA.9016@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>

| | > | Subject: Re: Visual-Studio severely damages Vista

| | > | Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:18:30 -0400

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| | > |

| | > | There are two things in your understanding that are a little off:

| | > |

| | > | 1. removing Visual Studio does not fix the problem. My Vista

machines

| | > remain

| | > | permanently broken and must be totally rebuilt to fix them.

| | > | 2. there are many messages in the MSDN forums of people complaining

| | > about

| | > | trouble with access to c:\config.msi directory but there are no

(that

| I

| | > ever

| | > | found) responses from anyone at Microsoft that acknowlegeds the

| | > connection

| | > | to Visual Studio installation. I have proven to my own satisfaction

| that

| | > | installing Visual Studio is the cause of the problem. But it

cannot,

| as

| | > far

| | > | as I know, ever be reversed other than format the drive and start

over

| | > with

| | > | everything.

| | > |

| | > | I have posted in MSDN but Microsoft just ignores the problem and

| doesn't

| | > | respond to ANYONE.

| | > |

| | > | "Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]" <v-jpzhu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

| | > | news:zuUrusWmIHA.9016@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

| | > | > Hello,

| | > | >

| | > | > Thank you for your post.

| | > | >

| | > | > According to your description, my understanding is that after you

| | > | > installed

| | > | > Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 on your Vista machine,

some

| | > | > update

| | > | > processes failed because the access to C:\cinfig.msi is denied.

| After

| | > you

| | > | > uninstalled Visual Studio, the issue gone. You concern is to

verify

| | > | > whether

| | > | > it is the Visual Studio that cause this issue and find a solution

to

| | > solve

| | > | > this issue.

| | > | >

| | > | > If there is any misunderstanding, please let me know.

| | > | >

| | > | > According to the symptom, it seems that there are some

compatibility

| | > | > issues

| | > | > between Visual Studio and Vista. As we are not Visual Studio

| expert,

| | > I'd

| | > | > like to suggest that you also submit a post in the following MSDN

| | > | > newsgroup

| | > | > so that this issue can be resolved efficiently.

| | > | >

| | > | > microsoft.public.msdn.general

| | > | >

| | > | > The engineers and newsgroup members there are more experienced on

| | > Visual

| | > | > Studio related issues, and should be able to provide you with

| | > suggestions

| | > | > on this issue.

| | > | >

| | > | > Meanwhile,I'd like to share with you some basic information.

| | > | >

| | > | > Based on my research, this issue might be caused by not properly

| | > | > installing

| | > | > Visual Studio 2005/2008.

| | > | >

| | > | > I recommend you follow the below steps to uninstall Visual Studio

| 2008

| | > and

| | > | > reinstall it.

| | > | >

| | > | > 1. Please follow the below article to uninstalling Visual

| | > Studio

| | > | > 2008

| | > | > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/bb968856.aspx

| | > | >

| | > | > 2. Install the latest Windows updates.

| | > | >

| | > | > 3. Check if there is any anti-virus or antispyware

running.

| | > Turn

| | > | > them off before installation.

| | > | >

| | > | > 4. Make sure that the installation media is healthy. If the

| | > | > installation from DVD is not working well, you can try copying the

| | > | > contents

| | > | > of the disc to the hard disk and try the installation from the

hard

| | > disk.

| | > | >

| | > | > 5. Temporarily disable/dismiss Windows Update during

| | > installation

| | > | > (especially in Vista see:

| | > | > http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/200...13/6190778.aspx)

| | > | >

| | > | > 6. Run the installation as administrator.

| | > | >

| | > | > After the installation is finished, please check whether the

issue

| | > still

| | > | > exists.

| | > | >

| | > | > If yes, I recommend you to contact to MSDN support engineers for

| | > further

| | > | > investigation.

| | > | >

| | > | > Thanks.

| | > | >

| | > | > Sincerely,

| | > | > Neo Zhu,

| | > | > Microsoft Online Support

| | > | > Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

| | > | >

| | > | > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

| | > | > =====================================================

| | > | > When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your

| newsreader

| | > so

| | > | > that others may learn and benefit from your issue.

| | > | > =====================================================

| | > | > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

no

| | > | > rights.

| | > | >

| | > | >

| | > | >

| | > |

| | > |

| | >

| |

| |

|

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Chris

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I've encountered the ‘Error 1310. Error writing to file

C:\Config.Msi\XXXX.rbf’ error many times over the last 12 months or so.

Very frustrating. I got the error again today when attempting an Office

2007 Repair. (Recently, I've been getting odd messages when launching Word

and Excel and am wondering whether a repair will help.)

Visual Studio 2005 is installed on this PC.

Every time I've searched the 'net for someone else encountering the 1310

error, the results have been less than conclusive. I came across a blog post

today

(http://glovario.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/e...rbf/#comment-48)

that provides some possible fixes--none of which worked for me, however. Do

you happen to have the online backup utility Carbonite installed on your PC?

I do, but disabling it (which is one of the recommendations in the blog post)

did not resolve the problem for me.

LIke you, I am a member of the local Administrators group; however, Full

Control to the C:\Config.Msi folder keeps disappearing--and this seems to be

the cause of the 1310 errors.

If I keep pressing Retry, the error keeps re-appearing, but with a different

file name. As I press the Retry button dozens of times, the progress bar

moves along to 100% completion....and the repair process eventually says it

succeeds. I wonder what is not being accomplished by the files in the

C:\Config.MSI directory not being able to be written to? And why can't

Microsoft fix this problem?

 
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