WinFX CTP install issue

Cheers,

I am posting to this group because I have not found any groupe dedicated to general WinFX issues.

I am having problem installing WinFX January CTP. When I launch the install, the window with progress bar saying "Setup is loading installation
components. This may take a minute or two." shows up, advances to 80 percent, and CPU usage jumps to 100%. It is impossible to kill the process. Task manager doesn't kill it, taskkill doesn't kill it, nor Process.Kill() from .NET framework. The only way to stop is to restart the machine. I've got the same problem with the Februrary CTP.

The machine is WinXP Professional, with only .NET framework, Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2000 installed. The same problem occurs on my laptop.

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WinFX CTP install issue

Burhop
The exact same problem occurs with the .NET Framework 3.0.

Is there a full installation for this, to fix it, as per last time
jimmieBV

This is not complete answer to your question,since we moved to Feb ctp,it is better to install Feb ctp

How to install feb CTP:

http://blogs.msdn.com/madhuponduru/archive/2006/02/22/537622.aspx

If you still see the problem with Feb ctp,we can debug it(or we can find somebody from winfx to debug it)

-Thank you

Madhu
Kardia
Hi Marekt,

I had a similar problem with the Jan CTP when I tried to install it at home. The solution for me was to disconnect from Internet before and during installation. I tried that after 5 reboots.

I hope this help you.
Dimmy Gone Mad
The undead process taking high CPU is setup.exe

I am downloading the windows debuggers and will follow up as soon as I'll manage to create the memory dump.

Thanks for assistance so far.
Casey875232332

Thanks for your update on this problem.

from process list (windows task manager ->process->sort it by cpu),can you please let me know which process taking high cpu.

if possible,can you please install windows debuggers and create memory dump for the process which is taking high cpu

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286350/en-us

if you are able to create memory dumps,please send me email madhup@microsoft.com,I will give you ftp link to upload memory dumps

-Thank you

Madhu
Ivanchad
I have sent link to the memory dump to your mail. Hope it will help resolve the problem.
Brad Teller
Hi Madhu,

thank you very much for your answer. As I mentioned, I already tried to install the February CTP (WinFX Runtime Components). The installer just locks up with 100 percent CPU usage, the same as with January CTP. Nothing is able to kill the process.
Ben Fry

we worked with Mark on this problem

solution is:

you can download complete winfx package to local machine and install winfx

can download the entire package for x86 or for x64 which are both .EXE files
WinFX CTP install issue

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