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[GUIDE: Vista Ready] Slipstream or integrate SP1 and post SP1 Vista update for Visual Studio 2005

8/31/2007 12:00 AM

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[GUIDE: Vista Ready] Slipstream or integrate SP1 and post SP1 Vista update for Visual Studio 2005

[GUIDE: Vista Ready] Slipstream or integrate SP1 (KB926601) and post SP1 Vista update (KB932232) for Visual Studio 2005

It’s quite old thing Visual Studio SP1 has been released. But after some time Microsoft® has been released post SP1 for Visual Studio 2005 to fix capability and performance issues. We know Visual Studio 2005 takes more 30 min to install and beside 30 min and 15 min require to up-to-date for Windows Vista. So resolve this time consuming process; here is a simple 100% tested guide to slipstream or integrate SP1 (KB926601) and post SP1 Vista update (KB932232) in Visual Studio 2005 installation source.

We require:

1.) Visual Studio 2005 Professional/Team Suite RTM DVD

2.) 5GB HDD space to complete unpack Visual Studio 2005

3.) SP1 (KB926601) Update DOWNLOAD

4.) Post SP1 Vista update (KB932232)DOWNLOAD

5.) SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 2. DOWNLOAD (32-Bit and 64-Bit)

6.) MSDN Library April 2007 *Optional DOWNLOAD

Steps:

1.) Create a new folder and name “VSVista” and “temp” without quote (Say C:\VSVista and C:\temp)

2.) Let’s say X: is your DVD drive; Open command prompt and perform administrative installation.

msiexec.exe /a X:\vs_setup.msi TARGETDIR=C:\VSVista /L*vx install.log

3.) After installation, unpack SP1 (KB926601) update to C:\temp using following command.

VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.exe /extract C:\temp

4.) After unpacking; apply the update the patch using following command.

msiexec.exe /a C:\VSVista\vs_setup.msi /p C:\temp\VS80sp1-KB926601-X86-ENU.msp” /L*vx patch_sp1.log

5.) SP1 (KB926601) patching is completed. Now perform step 3 and 4 for post SP1 (KB932232) patch.

Unpack the post SP1 (KB932232)

VS80-KB932232-X86-ENU.exe /extract C:\temp

Apply the patch

msiexec.exe /a C:\VSVista\vs_setup.msi /p C:\temp\VS80-KB932232-X86-ENU.msp” /L*vx patch_post_sp1.log

6.) Slipstream process is completed. Now copy following contents of the CD or DVD to E:\VSVista.

<DIR> Setup

autorun.exe

autorun.inf

contents.htm

htmllite.dll

LocData.ini

msvcp80.dll

msvcr80.dll

readme.htm

setup.exe

setup.ini

toc.htm

VSKnownIssues.htm

And copy and replace these directories and a file to E:\VSVista\cwu from X:\wcu

<DIR> 64bitPrereq

<DIR> ARM

<DIR> DExplore

<DIR> dotnetFramework

<DIR> JSharpRedistCore

<DIR> mdac28

<DIR> NetCF

<DIR> SDK

<DIR> SQLCE

<DIR> SSE

runmsi.exe

Download SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Service Pack 2 both 32-bit and 64-bit and rename to SQLEXPR32.EXE and SQLEXPR.EXE and then copy n replace to SSE folder under E:\VSVista\wcu folder.

This step is to copy the bootstrap files and other required components to the installation directory. After copying is complete, run setup.exe as normal.

You can download latest MSDN library and copy n replace all contents of MSDN library at single root directory and make up-to-date installation package of Visual Studio 2005. Visit Here

NOTE: SP1 (KB926601) and post SP1 Vista update (KB932232) can’t be uninstalled.

Ramesh Kumar
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