@ mellon head:
Yes I right clicked, run as administrator. I even turned the UAC off.
Also tried "one by one." did not work.
I don't think it loads in an HTML page. but I could be wrong.
@notsogray:
Tried adobe's registry cleaner with reboot. did not work.
Here is the VS2008 error log:
[04/09/10,20:29:52] Runtime Pre-requisites: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Runtime Pre-requisites. MSI returned error code 1603
[04/09/10,20:29:53] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Runtime Pre-requisites is not installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:53] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 64bit Prerequisites (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:53] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring Component was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Design Tools was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device Emulator version 3.0 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Remote Debugger (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:54] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic 64-Bit Runtime for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Headers and Libraries (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and IntelliSense (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/10,20:29:55] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Publishing Wizard was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:29:58] Runtime Pre-requisites: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Runtime Pre-requisites. MSI returned error code 1603
[04/10/10,15:29:59] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Runtime Pre-requisites is not installed.
[04/10/10,15:29:59] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 64bit Prerequisites (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:29:59] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:29:59] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Web Authoring Component was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:29:59] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:29:59] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Design Tools was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device Emulator version 3.0 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Remote Debugger (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic 64-Bit Runtime for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:00] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:01] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Headers and Libraries (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:01] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:01] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:01] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and IntelliSense (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[04/10/10,15:30:01] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Publishing Wizard was not attempted to be installed.