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Problem Installing "...The error code is 2908"

I downloaded and been trying to install vc++ 2005 express more than 4 times.. and it always stop and msg me that error (see subject). I've already use the uninstaller. Also downloaded the iso file ... , error still keep on popping up

Heres the other error msg:
Error 1935.An error occurred during the installaion of assembly
'msddsp,Version="8.0.0.0",ProcessorArchitecture="MSIL",FileVersion="8.0.0.0,PublicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a", Culture="nuetral"",
Please refer to Help and Support for more information, HRESULT: 0x8002802F

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howle

Anyone who knows how to fix this problem...

a man w/ an itchy butt has a smelly finger

howle

I have had the same problem. Working on it right now. Anyone with a solution would be helpful

N_G

I am trying the below right now.

Copied from: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/11/10/491653.aspx

The underlying problem was that VS setup detected that the .NET Framework 2.0 was already installed and skipped that prerequisite step. However, the machine did not actually have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed, but instead only had the registry key that VS setup uses to detect whether or not the .NET Framework 2.0 is installed. I found that the machines had the following orphaned registry key/value that VS setup uses to determine that .NET Framework 2.0 was already installed:

Key name: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v2.0.50727
Value name: MSI
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1

Once the customers deleted this key/value and re-ran VS 2005 setup, it detected that it needed to install the .NET Framework 2.0, and after installing that, VS setup worked perfectly.

N_G

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