was not easy to come by. Were it not for the whole livelihood thing, I'd probably have given up.
I'd already had to wait a ridiculous amount of time for the MSDN subscription, so when the DVDs hit my hot little hands I was more than a little excited. But then, there was saga.
The VS 2008 install went fine on my desktop. The laptop had issues with copying one of the preliminary files off the DVD so I eventually had to share the DVD drive (yep, I just wrote that) from my desktop to my laptop. So while that install was going on I switched back to the desktop to install SP1. And then, the wheels came off.
Permission errors to C:\Config.msi even though I was running as Administrator. Failing installs that would bomb out at different points with [obviously] different error messages. Meanwhile I switched gears and tried to install SP1 on my laptop. One failed install (it ended with one green block to go) and then it worked. No idea why.
The most frustrating thing about the desktop was the amount of time it took to find out it was failing. Found some tips on getting the full 3.5 install package, then making sure it was local... none of it working. A lot of others issues revolved around beta versions or installs of a few other applications/KBs - none of which were applicable to me. I eventually just gave up and uninstalled anything 2008/3.5 related and started over.
And still a failed install for SP1. Bit of a low point there. And then I installed the latest windows installer. And suddenly (well not really suddenly, the fucking install takes forever and I'm watching and waiting for the green bar to suddenly go in reverse as I'm watching a video about ASP.Net MVC which I can't use because SP1 won't install) it works. See the screen above for proof. Was that it? Was that the key? I have no idea and even though there's a small part of me that want to know the real why, that just ain't gonna happen.
And now I have the opportunity to be frustrated in a whole new way.
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