Microsoft KB Archive/269249

= PRB: After Installation of Visual Studio Products, the System Enters a Reboot Loop =

Article ID: 269249

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 1, when used with:  Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition

 Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5

 Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Standard Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition</li></ul> </li> Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 4, when used with:  Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5</li></ul>

 Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition</li></ul>

 <li>Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Standard Edition</li></ul>

<ul> <li>Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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This article was previously published under Q269249

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SYMPTOMS
When you are installing Visual Studio products, the system prompts you to reboot and then enters a perpetual loop of reboots. The error message notes that the system was unable to find a file (it lists a randomly generated file name, such as &quot;D:\ghijklmnopqrs...&quot;). If you click cancel, the system either stops responding or reboots.

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CAUSE
After the installation, Visual Studio Setup left behind a file named Wininit.ini that is used to call Wininit.vxd. These files are used to replace files that are in use at the time the installation is done, and to modify certain system files such as the Vmm32.vxd if necessary

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RESOLUTION
Boot into MS-DOS. Use the Command Prompt Only option if you are prompted or boot from a startup/boot disk. Rename this Wininit.ini file as Wininit.old. Type:

ren c:\windows\Wininit.ini c:\windows\Wininit.old

The system will now be able to boot up normally and continue to set up Visual Studio 6.0 products.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information on Visual Studio Installation problems, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

192392 HOWTO: Troubleshoot Visual Studio 6.0 Setup

Additional query words: VSSETUP, install

Keywords: kbprb KB269249

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