unable to install visual studio 2008 sp1

Question

I got following error

failed with error: 12180
WinHttpDownloader::GetProxySetting) Auto detection of proxy failed, try to retrieve proxy information via IE.
WinHttpDownloader::GetProxySettingViaIE) Retrieving proxy information using WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser
WinHttpDownloader::GetProxySettingViaIE) Unable to retrieve Proxy information although WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser called succeeded

Please help me out i am getting issue from long time.

Answer 1

try these links

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/0376db8f-4761-4ae5-9af2-98c53216318a#How_to_diagnoseVS2008_NETFramework_logs

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/2a3e870d-a655-4833-b0c8-2b7de5131dfd

Answer 2

The problem is that the installer you are using--a little tiny file about half a megabyte, right?--is trying to download all the pieces of the service pack, and it's searching for a web proxy via the autoproxy interface. So, you need to tell the system not to search for a web proxy, which you can do in the Internet Explorer options here .

If that doesn't do the trick, then it's always possible to just download the full version of VS2008 SP1 (in .ISO disc format) . (And, if you want the massive MSDN Library for VS2008 SP1 , it's available in full download form too.)