INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 4 of 7- Issues Specific to Windows 9x Computers

ID: Q217094

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SUMMARY

Installation Notes contains vital information about installing Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 -- Development System for Windows and the Internet, and its family of development products. Information in this file may apply to all or a number of the products shipped in the Visual Studio suite. This Readme updates information provided in the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library Visual Studio 6.0 documentation.

The entire Installation Notes are in the file, Install.htm. This file is installed during setup in the Visual Studio 6.0 directory. Please see the REFERENCES section for other parts of the Installation Notes.


MORE INFORMATION

This article lists issues identified when Visual Studio 6.0 is installed on Windows 95 or Windows 98 computers. The following topics are in this article:


Windows 95 Registry Size: 64 KB Limitation May Cause A Warning During Visual Studio Installation

A 64-KB limitation in the size of the SharedDLL key in the Windows 95 system registry may generate a warning that appears when you install Visual Studio 6.0.

Before continuing with setup, you should shorten the install path where you plan to install Visual Studio 6.0, reducing the amount of registry space required.

Additionally, you can uninstall programs you no longer use by utilizing the Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel. The registry keys used exclusively by those programs will then be deleted.

To save further on registry space used by programs you intend to keep, uninstall, then reinstall these programs to shorter installation paths.

Consider using the RegClean utility, designed to clean up unnecessary entries in your registry. For more information about the RegClean utility, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q147769 INFO: RegClean 4.1a Description and General Issues

NOTE: On Windows NT Workstations and Servers, Visual Studio setup will automatically resize the registry.

Disable Autologon Before Running Visual Studio 6.0 Setup

Visual Studio setup may fail on Windows 95 computers configured with Autologon.

Before you install Visual Studio 6.0 or any of its products on a Windows 95 computer with Autologon enabled, turn off Autologon by following the instructions from the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q141858 No Windows or Network Logon Dialog Box at Startup
NOTE: This article contains several additional steps that may not be relevant on your system. If you installed Visual Studio products on a Windows 95 computer configured with Autologon, and setup failed, repeat your setup steps with Autologon disabled.

An Internet Connection Dialog Box May Appear at Startup of Windows or Other Applications

If remote connections are enabled in Windows 95 or Windows 98, the system may try to initiate an Internet connection at Windows startup or at the start of many applications. This behavior is sometimes called "autodial" or "autoconnect." You can turn off this behavior by setting the registry key EnableRemoteConnect to "N."

To do this, create a text file "DisbleAutoConnect.reg" with exactly the following three lines:


   REGEDIT4
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OLE]
   "EnableRemoteConnect"="N"

Changing this setting to disable remote connections should not prevent any of your normal Internet activities, and this setting is the default for most systems. However, enabling remote connections is necessary for some features of DCOM. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q177394 HOWTO: Troubleshoot Run-Time Error '429' in DCOM Applications
If there are instances when you need to have remote connections enabled, create a second REG file, "EnableRemoteConnect.reg", with exactly the following 3 lines:


   REGEDIT4
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OLE]
   "EnableRemoteConnect"="Y"

Run "EnableAutoConnect.reg" to make the setting, and then run "DisbleAutoConnect.reg" to disable it when autoconnect is no longer needed.


Installation Wizard May Not Restart After PWS Is Installed on Windows 95 Computers

If you choose to install Personal Web Server (PWS) on a Windows 95 computer, the Installation Wizard may not resume correctly after the computer restarts. To proceed, start Setup.exe again from the first disc of your Visual Studio 6.0 CD set. The Installation Wizard automatically resumes setup at the correct point.


Installing Microsoft FrontPage 98 Extensions on Some Windows 95 Computers

When the Installation Wizard launches other client or server setups, the Wizard becomes invisible and waits until the component installation is complete. The Wizard then reappears, enabling the user to install another component.


When you install Microsoft FrontPage 98 extensions on some Windows 95 computers, the Installation Wizard may remain hidden for several minutes after the FrontPage setup is complete.

While the Wizard is hidden, you cannot launch the setup program again. A second Installation Wizard will not start when the program detects that one is already running.


REFERENCES

For the additional parts of the Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q217091 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 1 of 7-Installation Instructions for Visual Studio Programs

Q217092 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 2 of 7-Installing Server-Side Components

Q217093 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 3 of 7-Configuring for Debugging

Q217095 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 5 of 7-Notes Impacting Other Installed Programs

Q217096 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 6 of 7-Issues Related to Computers with Non-U.S. Versions of Microsoft Programs

Q217097 Visual Studio 6.0 Installation Notes Part 7 of 7-Data Access SDK 2.0

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Keywords          : kbreadme kbsetup kbVS600 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: February 18, 1999