Can't install visual studio 2008 on my Windows 7 x64 PC

I got a new PC with the following开发者_如何学运维 features:

OS: windows 7 x64

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHZ

the main page of the setup hangs on when trying to install VS2008. am not getting an error message. I am sure that the setup is not corrputed, because i used it to install VS2008 on other Windows7 x64 machine and it worked.

Note: that the installation process didnt start at all. And am using Admin account and lowered the UAC settings.

Any clues about this issue ? what i can do to get VS2008 installed on my new PC ?

If you are using an extracted version from an ISO file you need run the setup.exe by mounting the ISO image to a drive using a sw such as Power ISO. Or else you can actually burn the files into a dvd and try running from it.

Let it sit for a while, it may take some time on certain steps. If it is on the same screen for 1 hour, then you've got a problem.

Try applying the hotfix mentioned here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vssetup/thread/8952de62-8232-4a71-9535-1d3d46e6db2d

Hi
In order to install vs 2008 on windows 7 64bit you need two things. an admin on the system and low user account control.
go to the user account control and lower the security to the lowest and then apply. it will remove the annoying questions that the windows is asking all the time.
you can restore it to the highest level afterwards if you want to.
Thanks