OK this is getting REALLY annoying. I obtained the AIK for Vista some time
ago and installed it on a Vista x86 computer and have used it since then.

Now with Windows 7, I have a computer running x64 and I want to install the
Windows 7 version of WAIK to build installations for Windows 7 x64 for our
computers.

In the last few days I have downloaded KB3AIK.iso about three times trying
to get one that will work. I tried burning it to a DVD, and I also tried
extracting it to a disk folder and running StartCD.exe. I also tried
directly running the MSI file for the architecture. None of these work. One
of the downloads was incomplete and as a result contained numerous
incomplete files so I had to download again.

The results so far are the same on x86 Vista or x64 Windows 7 and also the
same whether the ISO was burned to a DVD, or the files extracted to a disk
folder.

When running StartCD.exe it opens in a command prompt window which quickly
closes without anything happening. I opened a separate command prompt window
to run StartCD.exe to see what was happening and saw the message "Program
too big to fit in memory" which isn't true at all as this system has 2 GB
installed. Anyone who knows their PC from way back knows that "Program too
big to fit in memory" is an old MS-DOS error. You just don't see it any more
in Windows. This error is occurring on two separate downloaded copies of the
AIK ISO that were downloaded on different days on different PCs. The second
download used a download manager to ensure the download was complete yet I
still get this error message.

The other thing I tried is directly executing the msi files for the
installation I.e. waikx86.msi or waikamd64.msi yet they always come up with
an error message saying "This installation package could not be opened.
Contact the supplier to ensure this is a valid Windows package".

With trying to download so far three times and getting errors every time it
must be virtually impossible to be able to downoad this AIK reliably, even
with a download manager verifying it is 100% complete download.

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So I tried downloading for the fourth time (using the same download manager
as for the third attempt), and this time it works. All the data from the
other three download attempts was completely wasted traffic.

I think seriously Microsoft needs to offer a download manager option on any
download over 500 MB. They offer it to you to download OS images (like when
I downloaded Windows 7 from the Microsoft site recently). So they should
offer it for any file of significant size. Otherwise how do you know why the
download has failed and avoid wasting traffic and cost?

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"NZSchoolTech" wrote in message
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OK this is getting REALLY annoying. I obtained the AIK for Vista some time
ago and installed it on a Vista x86 computer and have used it since then.

Now with Windows 7, I have a computer running x64 and I want to install
the Windows 7 version of WAIK to build installations for Windows 7 x64 for
our computers.

In the last few days I have downloaded KB3AIK.iso about three times trying
to get one that will work. I tried burning it to a DVD, and I also tried
extracting it to a disk folder and running StartCD.exe. I also tried
directly running the MSI file for the architecture. None of these work.
One of the downloads was incomplete and as a result contained numerous
incomplete files so I had to download again.

The results so far are the same on x86 Vista or x64 Windows 7 and also the
same whether the ISO was burned to a DVD, or the files extracted to a disk
folder.

When running StartCD.exe it opens in a command prompt window which quickly
closes without anything happening. I opened a separate command prompt
window to run StartCD.exe to see what was happening and saw the message
"Program too big to fit in memory" which isn't true at all as this system
has 2 GB installed. Anyone who knows their PC from way back knows that
"Program too big to fit in memory" is an old MS-DOS error. You just don't
see it any more in Windows. This error is occurring on two separate
downloaded copies of the AIK ISO that were downloaded on different days on
different PCs. The second download used a download manager to ensure the
download was complete yet I still get this error message.

The other thing I tried is directly executing the msi files for the
installation I.e. waikx86.msi or waikamd64.msi yet they always come up
with an error message saying "This installation package could not be
opened. Contact the supplier to ensure this is a valid Windows package".

With trying to download so far three times and getting errors every time
it must be virtually impossible to be able to downoad this AIK reliably,
even with a download manager verifying it is 100% complete download.

--
--

So I tried downloading for the fourth time (using the same download manager
as for the third attempt), and this time it works. All the data from the
other three download attempts was completely wasted traffic.

I think seriously Microsoft needs to offer a download manager option on any
download over 500 MB. They offer it to you to download OS images (like when
I downloaded Windows 7 from the Microsoft site recently). So they should
offer it for any file of significant size. Otherwise how do you know why the
download has failed and avoid wasting traffic and cost?

--
--


"NZSchoolTech" wrote in message
...
OK this is getting REALLY annoying. I obtained the AIK for Vista some time
ago and installed it on a Vista x86 computer and have used it since then.

Now with Windows 7, I have a computer running x64 and I want to install
the Windows 7 version of WAIK to build installations for Windows 7 x64 for
our computers.

In the last few days I have downloaded KB3AIK.iso about three times trying
to get one that will work. I tried burning it to a DVD, and I also tried
extracting it to a disk folder and running StartCD.exe. I also tried
directly running the MSI file for the architecture. None of these work.
One of the downloads was incomplete and as a result contained numerous
incomplete files so I had to download again.

The results so far are the same on x86 Vista or x64 Windows 7 and also the
same whether the ISO was burned to a DVD, or the files extracted to a disk
folder.

When running StartCD.exe it opens in a command prompt window which quickly
closes without anything happening. I opened a separate command prompt
window to run StartCD.exe to see what was happening and saw the message
"Program too big to fit in memory" which isn't true at all as this system
has 2 GB installed. Anyone who knows their PC from way back knows that
"Program too big to fit in memory" is an old MS-DOS error. You just don't
see it any more in Windows. This error is occurring on two separate
downloaded copies of the AIK ISO that were downloaded on different days on
different PCs. The second download used a download manager to ensure the
download was complete yet I still get this error message.

The other thing I tried is directly executing the msi files for the
installation I.e. waikx86.msi or waikamd64.msi yet they always come up
with an error message saying "This installation package could not be
opened. Contact the supplier to ensure this is a valid Windows package".

With trying to download so far three times and getting errors every time
it must be virtually impossible to be able to downoad this AIK reliably,
even with a download manager verifying it is 100% complete download.

--
--

Did you burn the disks as ISO disks using an ISO burner or did you burn them
as data disks containing the downloaded files?

"NZSchoolTech" wrote in message
...
So I tried downloading for the fourth time (using the same download
manager as for the third attempt), and this time it works. All the data
from the other three download attempts was completely wasted traffic.

I think seriously Microsoft needs to offer a download manager option on
any download over 500 MB. They offer it to you to download OS images (like
when I downloaded Windows 7 from the Microsoft site recently). So they
should offer it for any file of significant size. Otherwise how do you
know why the download has failed and avoid wasting traffic and cost?

--
--


"NZSchoolTech" wrote in message
...
OK this is getting REALLY annoying. I obtained the AIK for Vista some
time ago and installed it on a Vista x86 computer and have used it since
then.

Now with Windows 7, I have a computer running x64 and I want to install
the Windows 7 version of WAIK to build installations for Windows 7 x64
for our computers.

In the last few days I have downloaded KB3AIK.iso about three times
trying to get one that will work. I tried burning it to a DVD, and I also
tried extracting it to a disk folder and running StartCD.exe. I also
tried directly running the MSI file for the architecture. None of these
work. One of the downloads was incomplete and as a result contained
numerous incomplete files so I had to download again.

The results so far are the same on x86 Vista or x64 Windows 7 and also
the same whether the ISO was burned to a DVD, or the files extracted to a
disk folder.

When running StartCD.exe it opens in a command prompt window which
quickly closes without anything happening. I opened a separate command
prompt window to run StartCD.exe to see what was happening and saw the
message "Program too big to fit in memory" which isn't true at all as
this system has 2 GB installed. Anyone who knows their PC from way back
knows that "Program too big to fit in memory" is an old MS-DOS error. You
just don't see it any more in Windows. This error is occurring on two
separate downloaded copies of the AIK ISO that were downloaded on
different days on different PCs. The second download used a download
manager to ensure the download was complete yet I still get this error
message.

The other thing I tried is directly executing the msi files for the
installation I.e. waikx86.msi or waikamd64.msi yet they always come up
with an error message saying "This installation package could not be
opened. Contact the supplier to ensure this is a valid Windows package".

With trying to download so far three times and getting errors every time
it must be virtually impossible to be able to downoad this AIK reliably,
even with a download manager verifying it is 100% complete download.

--
--

Did you burn the disks as ISO disks using an ISO burner or did you burn them
as data disks containing the downloaded files?

"NZSchoolTech" wrote in message
...
So I tried downloading for the fourth time (using the same download
manager as for the third attempt), and this time it works. All the data
from the other three download attempts was completely wasted traffic.

I think seriously Microsoft needs to offer a download manager option on
any download over 500 MB. They offer it to you to download OS images (like
when I downloaded Windows 7 from the Microsoft site recently). So they
should offer it for any file of significant size. Otherwise how do you
know why the download has failed and avoid wasting traffic and cost?

--
--


"NZSchoolTech" wrote in message
...
OK this is getting REALLY annoying. I obtained the AIK for Vista some
time ago and installed it on a Vista x86 computer and have used it since
then.

Now with Windows 7, I have a computer running x64 and I want to install
the Windows 7 version of WAIK to build installations for Windows 7 x64
for our computers.

In the last few days I have downloaded KB3AIK.iso about three times
trying to get one that will work. I tried burning it to a DVD, and I also
tried extracting it to a disk folder and running StartCD.exe. I also
tried directly running the MSI file for the architecture. None of these
work. One of the downloads was incomplete and as a result contained
numerous incomplete files so I had to download again.

The results so far are the same on x86 Vista or x64 Windows 7 and also
the same whether the ISO was burned to a DVD, or the files extracted to a
disk folder.

When running StartCD.exe it opens in a command prompt window which
quickly closes without anything happening. I opened a separate command
prompt window to run StartCD.exe to see what was happening and saw the
message "Program too big to fit in memory" which isn't true at all as
this system has 2 GB installed. Anyone who knows their PC from way back
knows that "Program too big to fit in memory" is an old MS-DOS error. You
just don't see it any more in Windows. This error is occurring on two
separate downloaded copies of the AIK ISO that were downloaded on
different days on different PCs. The second download used a download
manager to ensure the download was complete yet I still get this error
message.

The other thing I tried is directly executing the msi files for the
installation I.e. waikx86.msi or waikamd64.msi yet they always come up
with an error message saying "This installation package could not be
opened. Contact the supplier to ensure this is a valid Windows package".

With trying to download so far three times and getting errors every time
it must be virtually impossible to be able to downoad this AIK reliably,
even with a download manager verifying it is 100% complete download.

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