When ever I try to install 3.0 Beta, It installs mostly then stops and says that it ended prematurely. I have VS 2008 and MS XP SP3. Please someone help.

I'm sorry for the hassle that this issue is causing for you.  Can you please post your XNA Game Studio 3.0 beta setup log files on a file server and then post a link back here so we can download them and take a look?  The log files for 3.0 beta setup will be located at %temp%\XNA Game Studio 3.0 Setup\Logs.

Thanks!

Sure

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=cfe701b61880edb8ab1eab3e9fa335ca5e52aedb30065704

These logs look like they're from the CTP, not the beta.  They show the CTP being installed on September 13th and then uninstalled on September 23rd.  I don't see any information in any of these logs about the beta.

The log files for the CTP are created in a different folder than in the beta.  Can you please double-check and see if you are getting the log files from the beta location (%temp%\XNA Game Studio 3.0 Setup\Logs) and not the CTP location (%temp%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup\Logs)?

Thanks!

Srry

Here

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=cfe701b61880edb8ab1eab3e9fa335cadc478cf12cdf81ce

Thanks.  These logs look like the right ones.  The XnaLiveProxy component is failing to install during XNA Game Studio 3.0 setup on your system, and it is showing the following error:

MSI (s) (88:58) [15:22:02:343]: Product: Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 (CTP) (xnaliveproxy) -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.  Action InitializeXnaLiveProxy, location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Bin\XnaLiveProxy.exe, command: /install

There are a couple of causes that we've seen for this type of issue in the past - something being wrong with the .NET Framework on the system and something being wrong with the Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE redistributable.  I'd suggest trying the following to see if either of them help in this scenario:

1. Try to remove and re-install the .NET Framework 3.5 by using the steps listed in this blog post, then try to install XNA Game Studio 3.0 again
2. Try to uninstall the Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable from Add/Remove Programs, then re-install it from this location, then try to install XNA Game Studio 3.0 again

Hopefully one of these will help.

Thanks!

i tried both and nieter worked on beta or on 3.0

I'm sorry for the delay - I'm trying to research this further to figure out what other options might be available for this type of failure.  I will post back here with some additional ideas soon.

Thanks!

Hi,

I looked at the source code, and the command that is failing (XnaLiveProxy.exe /install) doesn't do anything substantial, so the causes of failures in this command are likely due to dependency problems somewhere on your system.  I've got some steps I'd like to ask you to try in the hope of narrowing down the cause of this error further:

1. Right-click on My Computer and click Properties
2. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables, and then under System Variables, click New
   
   Note: You must add this MsiBreak environment variable to the list of System Variables (and not to the list of User Variables)
3. In the Variable Name field, enter the following: MsiBreak
4. In the Variable Value field, enter the following: InitializeXnaLiveProxy
5. Run XNA Game Studio 3.0 setup and start installing again
6. Because of the environment variable you created above, you should see a pop up during setup that tells you that you can attach to a process; when that happens, do not click OK to dismiss the dialog; instead, click on the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and click OK
7. Type this command in the cmd prompt and press enter:  cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\bin
8. Type this command in the cmd prompt and press enter:  XnaLiveProxy.exe /install

When doing this, let me know if you see any error messages displayed on your system.  Also, check in your Application and System event logs to see if there are any errors or warnings logged after running this command.

Hopefully this will help narrow down the cause of this issue further.

Thanks!

Ok. I did what you told me. But when I tried to install it it gets to the part when it is copying Xna files, then it has a popup that says "msiexec.exe has incountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." and then it rolls back all the files.

It sounds like the steps I sent didn't work and that setup is failing the same way as before.  Could you please upload your most recent setup logs from %temp%\XNA Game Studio 3.0 Setup\Logs so I can confirm that?  Also, can you please check for errors/warnings in your application and system event logs from the time you ran this setup to see if there are any useful messages listed there?

Thanks!

well there are alot labeled MsiInstaller ill just post the event ids. Tell me if u need the whole message. O and here are the latest logs

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Event ID's
11729
11707
11728
1000
11724
11724
11707
11028
1000
11724
11724

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i no there are repeats but this is NOT accidental. I just copied them down and they are in order from oldest to newest. ANY REPEATS ARE ALSO REPEATED IN THE EVENT LOG

Your most recent log is different - XnaLiveProxy is still the cause of the error, but it appears to be reporting a different error.  Instead of trying to run the xnags30_setup.exe by double-clicking on it, could you please try the following instead as a workaround:

1. Run xnags30_setup.exe /x:c:\xnags30
2. Go to c:\xnags30 and install redists.msi
3. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install XLiveRedist.msi
4. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Redist\XNA FX Redist and install xnafx30_redist.msi
5. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_platformtools.msi
6. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_shared.msi
7. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install platformer.msi
8. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_documentation.msi
9. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_devenv.msi (if you have VS 2008 installed)
10. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_vcsexpress.msi (if you have VC# 2008 Express installed)
11. Go to c:\xnags30 and install arpentry.msi
12. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnaliveproxy.msi

If you left the MsiBreak environment variable set, step #12 should pause and give you another chance to try to run XnaLiveProxy.exe /install.

The steps above will install the pieces of XNA Game Studio 3.0.  If xnaliveproxy.msi still fails, you can continue to use the rest of XNA Game Studio 3.0, but networked games using Games for Windows - LIVE will not work on your system.  But at least this should let you use the rest of the product while we try to narrow down this remaining issue.

Thanks!

How do I run xnags30_setup.exe /x:c:\xnags30?

Open a command windows/dos prompt and change to the directory that you downloaded the XNA installer to.

Then type in that command.

i am not very experinced with CMD Prompt, how to you change the directory nvmd i figured it out

You can download xnags30_setup.exe, save it to your hard drive, and then run the command by clicking on the Start menu, choosing Run and typing the command in the run dialog.  You don't necessarily need to use a cmd prompt for this if you're not comfortable doing that.

When you type the command into the run dialog, you will need to provide the full path to xnags30_setup.exe though.  For example, if you save it to the folder c:\temp on your system, you would need to run c:\temp\xnags30_setup.exe /x.  You don't have to pass a path to the /x switch - it will pop up a browse dialog to ask you where you want to extract the files to.

Hopefully this helps.

Thanks!

Aaron Stebner:

Your most recent log is different - XnaLiveProxy is still the cause of the error, but it appears to be reporting a different error.  Instead of trying to run the xnags30_setup.exe by double-clicking on it, could you please try the following instead as a workaround:

1. Run xnags30_setup.exe /x:c:\xnags30
2. Go to c:\xnags30 and install redists.msi
3. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install XLiveRedist.msi
4. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Redist\XNA FX Redist and install xnafx30_redist.msi
5. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_platformtools.msi
6. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_shared.msi
7. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install platformer.msi
8. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_documentation.msi
9. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_devenv.msi (if you have VS 2008 installed)
10. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnags_vcsexpress.msi (if you have VC# 2008 Express installed)
11. Go to c:\xnags30 and install arpentry.msi
12. Go to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup and install xnaliveproxy.msi

If you left the MsiBreak environment variable set, step #12 should pause and give you another chance to try to run XnaLiveProxy.exe /install.

The steps above will install the pieces of XNA Game Studio 3.0.  If xnaliveproxy.msi still fails, you can continue to use the rest of XNA Game Studio 3.0, but networked games using Games for Windows - LIVE will not work on your system.  But at least this should let you use the rest of the product while we try to narrow down this remaining issue.

Thanks!

also this is kinda late but if this works i won't need the GFW Live because the only reason I have this is for my Zune(r)
:-)

ok it worked :-)
one problem
when i tried to install the xnaliveproxy the same"msiexec.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." message came up
Error Code -- 10005

That's great news!  I'd still like to try to better understand why XnaLiveProxy won't install if possible though.  Could you please try the following if you have a chance:

1. Click on the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and click OK
2. Type this command:  msiexec /a "%programfiles%\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\Setup\xnaliveproxy.msi" TARGETDIR=%temp%\xnaliveproxy /qb
3. Type this command:  cd /d %temp%\xnaliveproxy\Program Files\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v3.0\bin
4. Type this command:  XnaLiveProxy.exe /install

This is the same command that is failing during your installation.  Do you see any errors when you run it directly?  Also, is there anything reported in your application or system event logs at the time that you run it?  Finally, can you try to run a tool like depends.exe to see if it reports any missing dependencies for this file on your system?

Thanks!

Good/bad news
It worked
XNA live proxy installed but this wont tell you anythin new
also i didnt get anything on depend.exe but i dont think i did it right
also i cant unpack this ccgame -- http://www.mediafire.com/file/xdmzwrltmew/ZuneBibleKJV.ccgame
it loads about half way and then says that the file cant be trusted
i think it has something to do with .dll files but idk

I'm glad to hear that you were able to get the XnaLiveProxy component to install, but I'm not sure I understand why it works now when it was failing before.  :-(

Regarding the other error - I was able to unpack and play that game on my Zune device with no issues.  What is the exact error message text that you see in this scenario?  Can you confirm that you have a set of Zune files at %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\XNA\ValidatorRuntimes\Zune\Zune.v3.0\ on your system, and can you let me know what the file version is for those files?

Thanks!

ya i have filles at %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\XNA\ValidatorRuntimes\Zune\Zune.v3.0\
the file versions are 3.5.822.0
the error code in the begining of the message is 2600

Do you see this type of error 2600 for all Zune .ccgames that you attempt to unpack, or is it only happening for this particular .ccgame?

Thanks!

im not shure it will happen again even with this ccgame cause i just had to wipe my hd let me try it