Getting 'internal error 2337' during VS2008 install

Question

I get this error when the setup.exe tries to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU, copying the msddsp.dll file...
[01/06/15,13:54:29] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: [2] ERROR:The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2337.
[01/06/15,13:54:30] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: [2] ACTION FAILURE:Action ended 13:54:30: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.See MSI log for details.
[01/06/15,13:55:10] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU: [2] ACTION FAILURE:Action ended 13:55:10: INSTALL. Return value 3.See MSI log for details.
[01/06/15,13:55:36] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293.
[01/06/15,13:55:38] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU is not installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:39] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:40] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Runtime was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:40] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Design Tools was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:40] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 For Devices was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:41] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Pocket PC was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:41] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK R2 for Smartphone was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:41] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Device Emulator version 3.0 (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:41] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:42] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Remote Debugger (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:42] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:43] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Crystal Reports Basic 64-Bit Runtime for Visual Studio 2008 was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:43] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:43] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Headers and Libraries (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:43] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 Win32 Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:44] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 .NET Framework Tools (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:44] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft Windows SDK for Visual Studio 2008 SDK Reference Assemblies and IntelliSense (x64) was not attempted to be installed.
[01/06/15,13:55:44] VS70pgui: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft SQL Publishing Wizard was not attempted to be installed.

Answer 1

Hi,
Because the error code 2337 is a common error which occurs during an installation process, you should give us more information. Please try to collect the VS installation log by using the tool in the link below:
http://aka.ms/vscollect
 After using it, you will find vslogs.cab from %temp% folder. Please upload the file to
https://onedrive.live.com/ and share the link in the forum.
And there is an article about  how to fix Windows Internal Error 2337 may help you:
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/fix-windows-internal-error-2337-59777.html
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