Installing Visual studio 2010: ERROR - VC 10.0 Runtime (x86)

Hi, I get the following error while trying to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, on my Windows Xp machine: The following components failed to install VC 10.0 Runtime (x86)

Here is the error log:

[05/17/12,11:26:36] VC 9.0 Runtime (x86): [2] dlmgr: CDownloadJobCompositeImpl: Download completed with hr = 0x800b0101
[05/17/12,11:26:37] VC 9.0 Runtime (x86): [2] Failed to fetch setup file in CBaseComponent::PreInstall()
[05/17/12,11:26:37] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147467260.
[05/17/12,11:26:37] setup.exe: [2] CSetupManager::RunInstallPhase() - Call to Pre/Install/Post for InstallComponents failed
[05/17/12,11:26:37] setup.exe: [2] CSetupManager::RunInstallPhaseAndCheckResults() - RunInstallPhase() returned a NULL piActionResults
[05/17/12,11:26:37] setup.exe: [2] CSetupManager::RunInstallFromList() - RunInstallPhaseAndCheckResults failed [2]
[05/17/12,11:26:37] setup.exe: [2] ISetupManager::RunInstallLists(IP_PREINSTALL failed in ISetupManager::RunInstallFromThread()
[05/17/12,11:26:37] setup.exe: [2] ISetupManager::RunInstallFromThread() failed in ISetupManager::RunInstall()

** any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Error code 0x800b0101, from the first line, seems to indicate a certificate issue, like @Hans said. It's likely that some Windows Updates fail to be installed and report the same error (although you might not see them yet as you don't have VS installed yet).

Check this thread.

I stumbled upon this error code when trying to install certain security updates for Visual Studio (from Windows Update). I solved it running a specific FixIt .msi file. If the suggestions in the thread don't work, please tell me and I'll check which exact FixIt I ran.