Visual basic is not installing getting error message please help.

Hello I have vb 2008 on my desktop and i want it on my laptop and it isnt installing i am getting "The Windows Installer service is unavailable." Please help I need this to work.

Thank you.

What OS is your laptop running. I googled the error and there were a lot of hits. Here is one of them

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346

I am running Windows 8

From what I've read, windows 8 has a problem installing the .Net Framework 3.5 and this is where your issue is as Visual Studio's 2008 requires it. Try installing the .Net Framework 3.5 separately, first. Then try installing visual studio's 2008.