Why does visual studio 2003 show 9 boxes saying "unable to load parameter assistant provider" every time I start it?

[mrSnow]

I recently installed NIScope and the associated .NET APIs for my Visual Studio 2005 evironment and VS2005 it is working fine.  However, I am now having a problem with Visual Studio 2003 and measurement studio.  Every time I launch the application I get a flood of NI dialogs complaining that NI was "unable to load parameter assistant provider".   I've tried reinstalling measurement studio as this old thread suggests (http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=232&message.id=701#M701), but this didn't fix the problem.  I should say that this doesn't appear to cause any problems other than the annoying dialogs.  Someone in the same thread previous mentioned asked for some information " Could you please post your registry information located at: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\National Instruments\Measurement Studio\7.0\ParameterAssistantProviders] I would also like to know the contents of the Common directory where MeasurementStudio is installed."

Here is the information requested in case it helps:
07/23/2003  02:06 AM           311,296 analysis.dll
07/23/2003  05:39 AM           172,032 AssistantEditorPkg.dll
07/23/2003  05:14 AM            20,480 MaxDyn.dll
07/23/2003  06:41 AM            40,960 MeasurementStudioPkg.dll
07/23/2003  05:21 AM           110,592 NationalInstruments.Cpp.Common.dll
07/23/2003  05:40 AM            32,768 NationalInstruments.Cpp.ComponentWizard.dll
07/23/2003  05:29 AM            28,672 NationalInstruments.Cpp.DAQmxAssistantWizards.dll
07/23/2003  05:28 AM            20,480 NationalInstruments.Cpp.IIOAssistantWizards.dll
07/23/2003  05:32 AM           114,688 NationalInstruments.Cpp.ProjectWizards.dll
07/23/2003  05:33 AM            53,248 NationalInstruments.Cpp.UpgradeWizard.dll
02/23/2007  08:19 PM            57,344 NationalInstruments.DAQmx.Common.dll
02/23/2007  08:19 PM            66,048 NationalInstruments.DAQmxUtil.dll
05/24/2004  01:43 PM            65,536 NationalInstruments.DotNET.Common.dll
07/23/2003  05:36 AM            32,768 NationalInstruments.DotNET.ComponentWizard.dll
02/23/2007  08:09 PM            53,248 NationalInstruments.DotNET.DAQmxAssistantWizards.dll
07/23/2003  05:31 AM            20,480 NationalInstruments.DotNET.IIOAssistantWizards.dll
07/23/2003  05:37 AM            45,056 NationalInstruments.DotNET.ProjectWizards.dll
07/23/2003  06:17 AM            24,576 NationalInstruments.Interfaces.dll
07/23/2003  06:39 AM           278,528 NationalInstruments.MeasurementStudio.dll
07/23/2003  05:38 AM            36,864 NationalInstruments.MxbCodeGenerator.dll
02/23/2007  08:19 PM            32,768 NationalInstruments.ParameterAssistant.DAQmxProvider.dll
07/23/2003  05:35 AM            28,672 NationalInstruments.ParameterAssistant.DataSocketProvider.dll
07/23/2003  05:23 AM            53,248 NationalInstruments.ParameterAssistant.dll
07/23/2003  05:30 AM            24,576 NationalInstruments.ParameterAssistant.GpibProvider.dll
02/16/2007  02:50 PM            32,768 NationalInstruments.ParameterAssistant.VisaProvider.dll
05/24/2004  01:43 PM           499,712 NationalInstruments.VSDesigner.dll
07/23/2003  05:14 AM             1,078 nilogo.ico
07/23/2003  06:41 AM           294,912 ToolHost.dll

[mrSnow]

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[mrSnow]

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[mrSnow]

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[Brandon_V]

mrSnow,

The problem is most likely continuing past a reinstall due to drivers having Measurement Studio support installed with them. If you have the drivers still installed with Measurement Studio support, we will need to also remove and reinstall or repair those. This includes any components having to do with Measurement Studio, including the DAQ Assistant and any other assistants installed. This will allow you to have everything gone from Measurement Studio and install fresh without any problems in the registry.