Can't install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5

soulr3aver · 06-19-2009, 03:14 AM

Ok, its really simple I am trying to install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 but, in order to do that you need to have mdac 2.5 or newer so while installing the installer had to exit sense I apparently did not have mdac 2.5 or newer installed.

So after the installer exits it then presents me with an installation manual and tells me what to do. It says download mdac from the Mircrosoft website and put it in the same directory as the Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 setup file then run it to install.

I thought to myself "Wow, this is gonna be easy" but no Microsoft presents me with mass amounts of bullsh**. As I install my MDAC 2.8 file in the same directory as the setup I think "Ok, done" but wow, I was wrong....I run the setup the second time thinking it will go through but even after I installed mdac 2.8 I am presented with "You need mdac 2.5 or newer to continue the installation". I have already tried mdac 2.5-2.7 nothing works can someone please enlighten me to what I am doing wrong?

soulr3aver · 06-19-2009, 03:13 PM

I hate to bump but, nobody?

3BVert · 07-11-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by soulr3aver

Ok, its really simple I am trying to install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 but, in order to do that you need to have mdac 2.5 or newer so while installing the installer had to exit sense I apparently did not have mdac 2.5 or newer installed.

So after the installer exits it then presents me with an installation manual and tells me what to do. It says download mdac from the Mircrosoft website and put it in the same directory as the Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 setup file then run it to install.

I thought to myself "Wow, this is gonna be easy" but no Microsoft presents me with mass amounts of bullsh**. As I install my MDAC 2.8 file in the same directory as the setup I think "Ok, done" but wow, I was wrong....I run the setup the second time thinking it will go through but even after I installed mdac 2.8 I am presented with "You need mdac 2.5 or newer to continue the installation". I have already tried mdac 2.5-2.7 nothing works can someone please enlighten me to what I am doing wrong?

You have to edit the file sp598ent.stf in the setup directry to remove the check for MDAC 2.5:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues/thread/cd740951-dd2c-46eb-856f-6e653a2e3d07

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how to make service pack 5 install on vista beta 2 without another pc!

Tutorial:
Step 1) Open C:\ServicePack5Dir\sp598ent.stf with 'Notepad.exe'
Step 2) Replace the following line

13 Group 28 36 38 29 30 32 26 27 14 25 16 17 20 18 19 15 39 21 22 24 23 43

-with-

13 Group 28 38 29 30 32 26 27 14 25 16 17 20 18 19 15 39 21 22 24 23 43

Step 3) Delete the following lines leaving only a carriage return where it was

36 Depend "27 ? : 37"
37 IsWin95 CustomAction "sp598ent.dll,CheckForMDAC"

Step 4) Save and close C:\ServicePack5Dir\sp598ent.stf
Step 5) Run setupsp5.exe

I would offer a download link to the fixed file, but I believe that may be a copyright violation.

guideX

PS> Please take note that I am the first living human to ever run visual studio 6 service pack 5 successfully from vista

06-19-2009, 03:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
soulr3aver Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10 OS: Windows Vista Basic	Can't install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 Ok, its really simple I am trying to install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 but, in order to do that you need to have mdac 2.5 or newer so while installing the installer had to exit sense I apparently did not have mdac 2.5 or newer installed. So after the installer exits it then presents me with an installation manual and tells me what to do. It says download mdac from the Mircrosoft website and put it in the same directory as the Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 setup file then run it to install. I thought to myself "Wow, this is gonna be easy" but no Microsoft presents me with mass amounts of bullsh**. As I install my MDAC 2.8 file in the same directory as the setup I think "Ok, done" but wow, I was wrong....I run the setup the second time thinking it will go through but even after I installed mdac 2.8 I am presented with "You need mdac 2.5 or newer to continue the installation". I have already tried mdac 2.5-2.7 nothing works can someone please enlighten me to what I am doing wrong?

06-19-2009, 03:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
soulr3aver Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10 OS: Windows Vista Basic	Re: Can't install Visual Studio 6 Service Pack 5 I hate to bump but, nobody?