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Update does not apply or is blocked by another condition on your computer

May 23, 2014 May 23, 2014 05/23/14
Heath Stewart
We have investigated reports of some installs of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 reporting that no applicable updates are available even when VS2013 is installed. We have been unable to reproduce the cause in our labs and besides offering a workaround, we would like to ask for your assistance if you can reproduce the problem in the specific ...

Incorrect hash value when installing Visual Studio 2013 Update 2

May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 05/1/14
Heath Stewart
Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC introduces some cool new features and adds an option to slipstream the install of VS2013 RTM with Update 2 RC, but some attempts to download it have had the following problem. Problem When installing VS2013 Update 2 you see the error or warning message, “The hash value is not correct.” This will show up as ...

Error in installation log for Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC can be misleading

April 17, 2014 Apr 17, 2014 04/17/14
Heath Stewart
Given many of the exciting announcements and features demonstrated recently at Build 2014, customers are downloading Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC. This update is quite a bit bigger than VS2013 Update 1 since it contains many new features. A small number of customers, however, are experiencing problems installing VS2013.2 RC. Symptoms ...

Visual Studio 2012 RTM will not install on pre-release versions of Windows 8

August 23, 2012 Aug 23, 2012 08/23/12
Heath Stewart
SymptomCustomers installing Visual Studio 2012 RTM on pre-release versions of Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 may see the following error after launching the setup application: The .Net Framework installed on this machine does not meet the minimum required version: 4.5.50709. This is a blocking error and only allows the install to be canceled...

A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority

August 17, 2012 Aug 17, 2012 08/17/12
Heath Stewart
This was a preview of a Knowledge Base article which has been published as KB2746268.SymptomAfter Visual Studio 2012 has been installed, the finish page displays the following: Setup Completed However, not all features installed correctly. Please correct the following problems to ensure full product functionality. Click here to see the most ...

Upgrading from Visual Studio 2012 RC to RTM

August 17, 2012 Aug 17, 2012 08/17/12
Heath Stewart
Now that Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 have been released, some customers are wondering if they need to uninstall the Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate (RC) first before upgraded. In general, the answer is “no”. VS2012 RC will upgrade to RTM, but there are a few things to note: For more information about ...