Hi,
I have VS 2005 installed on Windows XP Pro with SP2 installed, and it works
great. Now, however, I've lost many hours trying to install the WM5.0
Pocket PC SDK.
When I downloaded the WM5.0 Pocket PC SDK, and attempted to install it, it
went fine for awhile, and then Microsoft Antispyware noticed the scripts
running, and gave me an endless sequence of warning dialogs asking me
whether I wanted to allow the current script. I told it to allow them, and
to remember the response, but the dialogs kept coming.
Eventually I had to halt the installation, and turn off MS Antispyware.
When I tried to re-run the installation, it thought it was already
installed, so I selected the "Repair" option. It got most of the way
through the process, but eventually it just stopped responding, behind the
scenes. The installation dialog remained on the screen, as if everything
was going along fine, and the only enabled button was "Cancel". But for
more than half an hour the Task Manager said that the installation process
was using 0% of the processor, and clearly nothing was happening on the
machine.
The same thing happened when I tried to uninstall it. It also happened when
I tried to re-install it. I've tried each of them a number of times.
During these attempts, MS Antispyware was turned off, as well as Norton
Internet Security and Norton Antivirus.
Anyway, I can't install it, I can't uninstall it, and I can't repair it. In
each case it merrily goes through most of its process and then behind the
scenes, stops doing anything -- leaving only the "Cancel" button enabled.
I'm at wit's end and can't think of anything else to try. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Dan