"Program too big to fit in memory"

[Hawk]

I am trying to install VS.Net (student version) on Window XP but it is giving me that message from the command prompt.

I also tried to install it on Window Mellenium and still gave me the same message.

Both operating system is clean from previous version of VS.Net. In other words, I have never installed VS.Net on either one.

I had no problems installing the Beta 2 version on Window 2000 Professional a couple of months ago.

Any help would be appreciated.

[kovan]

you cant run it on winME

but you should be able to on XP

i had problem isntalling it on XP from the cds
what i did was, i copied the content of the cds to my hard drive
and installed it on xp that way
works fine

[Hawk]

Thanks for your reply Kovan.

How come you can't install it on Window Me?

I have Window XP Professional. I know for sure it can be install because my friend installed it on XP already.

You copied all 4 cd to your hard drive? Can you list the step that you did for me?

Did you get this error too? "Program too big to fit in memory" If you ran it from the cd and just double clicked on setup.exe, a dos window will flash and close, but if you run setup.exe from the comand prompt, it will list this error.

Thanks

[DevGrp]

I had a similar problem like that when I was trying to install VS6 on a win2000 box.

This is how I solved the problem.

I restarted the computer, after everything was loaded I opened the task manager and close all the processes that could be closed including explorer.

Then I click on file|new task (run) and browse to the installation disk.

Thanks solved my problem

hope that helps.

[kovan]

Originally posted by Hawk
Thanks for your reply Kovan.

How come you can't install it on Window Me?

I have Window XP Professional. I know for sure it can be install because my friend installed it on XP already.

You copied all 4 cd to your hard drive? Can you list the step that you did for me?

Did you get this error too? "Program too big to fit in memory" If you ran it from the cd and just double clicked on setup.exe, a dos window will flash and close, but if you run setup.exe from the comand prompt, it will list this error.

Thanks

no i was getting a access memory violation
here is how i did it

made 2 directories

Main and Disc5

in the main, i copied all 4 disc content (start with 1 to 4) and say yes when it asks you that there is same directory in destination (dont worry it wont override anything)
then put disc 5 in Disc5 directory
run disk5
then run the setup for .net