sp1 install problems

[Jason Madison]

My SP1 install seemed to want to keep repeating the install. I spent 4 hours
running the install, then it ran again (I got the message up saying it had
finished, then it started again). I didn't realise what it was doing until
after about 30 minutes, and at that point I thought cancelling might
actually undo the original install, so I let it run again (total install
time at this point 8 hours!), I got the install finished message and when it
then tried to install again I cancelled.

Looking in Add/Remove programs I can't see VS 2005 SP 1 listed. In my
"About" for Visual Studio it has version 8.0.50727.762 (SP .050727-7600).

In the Event Log I get the following sequence under Application, all of
which makes me think it hasn't installed. Any ideas what is happening?

#1

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1022
Date: 05/01/2007
Time: 01:34:45
User: XXX
Computer: XXX
Description:
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - ENU - Update
'Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer - ENU Service Pack 1 (KB926601)'
installed successfully.

#2

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11728
Date: 05/01/2007
Time: 01:34:53
User: XXX
Computer: XXX
Description:
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition - ENU --
Configuration completed successfully.

#3

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11708
Date: 05/01/2007
Time: 01:35:18
User: XXX
Computer: XXX
Description:
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer - ENU -- Installation
failed.

 

[Mike Powell]

Hi
I've seen this problem before, did you have Outlook running when the install
restarted itself? when i saw it it was the whole VS2005 install that was
starting over, and it happened about 3 times on boot up and then whenever
Outlook (not Outlook Express) was loaded, it also did it with Word. I fixed
it by re-installing VS from scratch (both VS2003 and VS2005) after the
re-install it seemed to stop, but don't ask me why

 

[Jason Madison]

I do use Outlook - not Outlook Express - and it wasn't open, but sometimes I
find Outlook still running in the background even when you think you have
closed it, so that may explain it.

 

[joe]

This is due to hotfix kb886904. It must be removed via add/remove programs
before the sp1 will install.