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Hi,
I am attempting to install Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate with Update 4 on a Windows 2008 Server R2 machine that also has Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate already installed.
Unfortunately, the installation always hangs on the "Windows Software Development Kit" step. I have let it run overnight and the installation process never gets past this step. I always have to just kill the process, and uninstall.
I have validated the checksum of the ISO, run the .exe as administrator, and also tried to install the software to both the C and D drive.
I have also tried to run the installation with all of the optional components checked as well as with none of the optional components checked.
In addition, I have uninstalled visual studio 2013 using the /uninstall /force command
I have examined the log files produced at C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Local\Temp and I dont see anything obviously wrong.
Here are the last few lines of the dd_vs_ultimate_20150109195533_225_Windows_SDK_Desktop.log file
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:263]: Note: 1: 1402 2: UNKNOWN\Installer\Features\A2FE5D06C0E403C2836F952CE631F4A4 3: 2
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:264]: Executing op: FeatureUnpublish(Feature=fe1d729f658fb745208c65956a0785d1b5,,Absent=2,Component=-N^qZe,c5?d.aP0.TOGN'+)%sZY@1xERdO]t)Sp,GXiq3m.l3EZ%Ox4io*FIQjbhz+j*zDWXXjMlUqpxp76U.08$^E=~()4a*jQRrsrMS.QvXF4uY819FP4s^d9K5=JH2CbML)ukS5l7@u%qQhykqD+hxS=.~k}N@%y_t159JF&4~{x$t&nJ)
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:265]: Note: 1: 1402 2: UNKNOWN\Installer\Features\A2FE5D06C0E403C2836F952CE631F4A4 3: 2
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:266]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RemoveFiles,Description=Removing files,Template=File: [1], Directory: [9])
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:266]: Executing op: ProgressTotal(Total=2698,Type=1,ByteEquivalent=175000)
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:267]: Executing op: SetTargetFolder(Folder=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86\)
MSI (s) (DC:F0) [20:18:20:267]: Executing op: FileRemove(,FileName=Orca-x86_en-us.msi,,ComponentId={FE5AB6C3-6785-5A16-91A2-857596456EF8})
Does anyone have any ideas of why this is happening? Are there any specific log files I could provide to help pinpoint the problem?
Thanks
Thomas

Hello Thomas,
"I have validated the checksum of the ISO" Do you mean you have used this page
http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2013-iso-sha1-vs.aspx# to verify your ISO?
Please send your full logs to me by use http://aka.ms/vscollect . After using it, you will find vslogs.cab from %temp% folder. Please upload the file to
https://skydrive.live.com/
and share the link here.
Actually you can refer to the following page to troubleshoot Windows SDK issue:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee248512(v=vs.100).aspx
The recommend way is to manually install Windows SDK itself and check the logs in detail.
Best regards,
Barry
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