Visual Studio.Net 2003-installation error

[Guest]

I am trying to install Visual Studio.Net 2003 on an Hp latptop with Windows
XP SP2 already installed. I am getting the following error once i start the
Setup "Error reading setup initialization file" with a button that doesn't
have a caption on the error message dialog box. I tried checking the database
of Microsoft for similar errors, the solution was to uninstall SP2, becasue
Visual Studio is causing a conflict. But the problem is that SP2 cannot be
installed, it has no entty in the Add/Remove programs in Control Panel. Any
suggestions ??

 

[Ramu Nallamothu]

Hi,

If you don't find SP2 uninstall option in the control panel, try the
following :

To uninstall SP2:

1.
Click Start, and then click Run.

2.
In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.

3.
Type cd %systemroot%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\, and then press
ENTER.

4.
Type spuninst.exe, and then press ENTER.

5.
To close the Command Prompt window, type exit





Thanks
Ramu