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Throwing in the VS2005 SP1 towel

That's it.  I've spent too many hours trying to mate the Service Pack pig with that Visual Studio pig.  I'm not wasting any more time and effort on it.  Throwing in the towel. 

I blogged last week how I watch the first install attempt crank away for 10 minutes before it told me that I needed to uninstall the Web Application Project.  That was my fault for not reading ScottGu's VS2005 SP1 Links and Info post first, so I can't complain about that, and I'm not.

I just purchased ReSharper and thought I'd apply the SP1 before installing it, which motivated me to go ahead and finish the job I tried to start a few days ago.  I uninstalled the Web Application Project through the Control Panel and proceeded with the SP1 upgrade.  That 400+ megabyte SP1 EXE sure takes a long time to decide if it wants to open after you double-click on it.  Nothing like pain you have to wait for over various stages of an installation process.

So the EXE launches.  Five to ten minutes later its ready to ask you if you want to apply the upgrade.  Then you work on another machine or go running.  But when you come back you may see what I saw, "Error 1718. filename.msp was rejected by digital signature policy."  I don't know when this error occurred, but it was definitely over 30 minutes and probably less than an hour into the upgrade.  "An hour into the upgrade..." Isn't that fricking insane?

 

 

So I applied the fix in the KB article linked-to in ScottGu's post.  Restarted the machine.  Relaunched the .EXE.  Waited.  Five minutes into upgrade select "Yes, I want to apply the service pack."  Left the house to run errands.  When I returned I got the same error, and I double-checked to make sure I had the local policy set according to the MS KB before I tried applying the Service Pack the second time.

Not again. I'm done.

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Posted on 1/11/2007 8:07:03 AM by Dave Burke
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1/11/2007 9:22:42 AM Permalink

Man, sorry to hear of the pain that it's been.  I wish I had an answer for you.  Hey look at the bright side - you can still install ReSharper and play with your new toy.  Smile

Erik Lane |

1/11/2007 9:41:40 AM Permalink

Hey man, I heard it only installs on even dates, maybe try again tomorrow?  Also I've heard hopping on one foot ( has to be left) while waiting also helps Smile  

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dank |

1/11/2007 10:00:35 AM Permalink

If I remember correctly after you make the policy change you need a reboot.  I persoanally had the same error opopup and after the policy tweak and reboot it worked,  

what gets me is that it takes so damn long.   60 + minutes for a patch.  Crazy.

Dave Kekish |

1/11/2007 10:32:43 AM Permalink

Dank, thanks for the laughs.  Do you have a SP1 story to share?  If so, please let me know so I can read it!

Dave, I DID reboot, bro.  Just like the instructions said.  (I also mentioned having rebooted here in my little story.)  But thanks for the suggestion anyway.  If it were the case I would have even been willing to invest another 60+ minutes to try again! Smile  I'll have to attach a screenshot of my policy change, or at least check the KB one more time.  I reviewed my settings twice, but maybe I screwed up.  Thanks for telling me about you getting past it.  Glad someone did!

daveburke |

1/11/2007 11:01:56 AM Permalink

PUHLEEEZE,

I am still using VB6 man, no VS2005SP1 in my future Smile  

Actually I have to install Vista final this weekend, so I will be re-installing VS2005 and making my first attempt at the SP on Sat, so no SP1 story yet, and If mine goes well, I'll make something horrible up just for you!  



Dank |

1/11/2007 11:02:47 AM Permalink

Dave - can you send me an email with more details on the error you saw?  I'll then loop in someone from the VS setup team to help walkthrough getting it fixed.

Thanks,

Scott

Scott Guthrie |

1/11/2007 11:06:55 AM Permalink

Hey man, you should have been more clear about restarting the machine when you said


"So I applied the fix in the KB article linked-to in ScottGu's post.  Restarted the machine.  Relaunched the .EXE.  Waited.  Five minutes into upgrade select "Yes, I want to apply the service pack."  Left the house to run errands.  When I returned I got the same error, and I double-checked to make sure I had the local policy set according to the MS KB before I tried applying the Service Pack the second time"

I'm still confused about the title of the post, where are you getting the towel from, is it some kind of schwag from a conference?  I checked the box my SP disc came in and I have no such towel.  Don't throw it out (or in) I can always use it as a polish rag for the mando or something.  Double check on that towel, I think you are confused friend Smile  


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Dank |

1/11/2007 11:11:58 AM Permalink

Dank, you're so lucky you can work with a classic product! (I'll keep an eye out for that story though.)

ScottGu, I knew you'd do something like this, perform a magnanimous gesture to help me out and make me feel bad for trashing the SP1.  Guess you couldn't help yourself. Smile  Thanks, man.  I'll get as much as I can on the error to you as soon as I can.

daveburke |

1/11/2007 11:18:26 AM Permalink

Dank Man, it's a figurative thing.  I have a Steelers Terrible Towel, but I'm not throwing that at anything.   I should have said reboot.  Trying to be creative...

See, that's your problem, thinking of this software stuff as real objects, with CDs and packages.  Just dots on a screen, man.  We're like Billy Crystal in City Slickers when asked what he does for a living.  "I sell air."  (He sold advertising slots for a radio station.)

Thanks for helping to reveal the essential qualities of this important chronicle, Dank.  

daveburke |

1/11/2007 5:50:45 PM Permalink

LSI, thanks for the link.  I just read the article.  Some crossover to ScottGu's post links but very good, especially the instructions on applying the batch.  I will definitely do that if I try again.  Dang though, man.  The author of that post ultimately had to uninstall VS2005 before he could apply the SP1.  I don't know if I'm feeling that lucky.  I'm pretty happy I still have VS2005 working with the Web Applicaton Project installed.  Appreciate it.

daveburke |

1/11/2007 6:25:46 PM Permalink

I wish that Microsoft would use a more modular approach to VS. Many of the features could be extracted to create several different layers to the program - allowing you to add on and remove layers as you wanted (they already do this to some extent, but more would help reduce install time and space consumption).

David Mackey |


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