Visual Studio update not installing

MarcLister · 17 Nov 2007 at 14:19

I ran Windows Update the other day and found I had an update for Visual Studio to install. So I add it to the queues with the other updates. They download and install fine. The Visual Studio update downloads OK but doesn't install. So I download the manual update file. When I tried that the msiexec.exe in the Task Manager was at 99% processor usage with the RAM being used increasing all the time.

Any idea what the problem is? Should I try disabling NOD32? Can't see why this would work when the other updates were OK with NOD32 being on. I have googled but all I can find is people being prompted to install the update multiple times. I can't even get that far!

The update in question is KB937061.

MarcLister · 17 Nov 2007 at 14:33

Not sure. Wiki says November 2007.

MarcLister · 17 Nov 2007 at 16:51

NathanE said:
I would download it seperately and install manually. Microsoft Update can be a bit wierd sometimes I've found.

Ahem! I have done that. That is how I know the msiexec.exe process is at 99%.

NathanE said:
VS2008 "Orcas" will be out any day now really.. I cannot wait

If my Uni give us VS2005 free now when will I be able to nab VS2008 off them?

MarcLister · 17 Nov 2007 at 21:36

I've tried installing the patch manually with NOD32 and Comodo off. No luck.

I did get an error code that might be of use. 2755. I've googled it but I haven't found anything that seems to suggest a problem I might have. Any other ideas?

MarcLister · 17 Nov 2007 at 23:07

Yep. Did that earlier. Unpacked it and same thing happens. The msiexec.exe at 99% usage continually until it gives up.

MarcLister · 19 Nov 2007 at 18:15

Right, I tried the Windows Update again and this time there were two updates to install. Both of which were already downloaded so I thought I'd try it again. It worked. :rolleyes:

So thanks all and I have no clue why it works now.