MSDN: Setup Fails on Standard or Maximum Options

• Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN), Disc 4

SYMPTOMS

Running Setup for MSDN Disc 4 may result in a general protection (GP) fault or an Application Execution Error, and/or may hang your machine.

RESOLUTION

Workaround 1

Close all other applications before running Setup:

1. Make copies of the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, and WIN.INI files.

2. Perform a clean boot with the following minimal AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files as follows:

         AUTOEXC.BAT
         Path=<include the Windows directory, the MS-DOS directory,
              and the root>
         prompt $p$g
         set temp = <Windows directory>\temp
         MSCDEX.EXE
   
         CONFIG.SYS
         Files=45
         buffers=20
         device=<Windows directory>\himem.sys
         CD-ROM driver
   
      Note: Include any device drivers that you absolutely must have in
      order to boot your machine:
   
        SYSTEM.INI
        LOAD=<blank>
        RUN=<blank>
   
      Remove all icons from the Startup program group.
   
   

3. Use the standard Microsoft Windows supplied video driver (that is, reinstall the VGA driver).

4. Start Windows in standard mode (using the WIN /S command).

5. Start File Manager, access the CD drive, and run the SETUP.EXE file on the root directory of the MSDN CD-ROM disc.

Workaround 2

Use the manual Setup instructions.

Follow the manual installation instructions included in MANSETUP.TXT in the root directory of the Developer Network CD-ROM.

MORE INFORMATION

Errors during setup are usually caused by incompatible software running on your computer.