I have a new computer with Vista Home Premium preloaded.  I am trying to
install VS 2005 on the computer, but it hangs without giving any information
as to the cause.  The problem happens at the end of (or during) installation
of Document Explorer.  Installation seems to go well. ...

After successfully having installed the framework 3.5 and the document
explorer 2008, the installation fails when installing the Visual Web
developer 2008.
The error log is:

I am debugging a simple application and see the Immediate window at the
bottom.  The tutorial says to look at the Watch window as I step through
code.  How do I open it - it's not under the View menu, and neither is the
Immediate window there.  So if they are closed, how do you ...

I'm trying to install "Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK.msi" which I
downloaded from MSDN today.  I have Visual Studio 2008 Standard
installed.  I have .NET 2.0, 3.5, and probably other versions
installed also.  I also just installed the latested compact version

I've inherited a machine from another developer that left the company. I've
gone into Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions | General and have changed
the following locations to a new directory:
Visual Studio projects location

Does anyone know how to reset the window layout in VS2008?  They are
all screwed up and I am getting tired of dragging stuff around.
Thanks!
Jeff

I have tried to install direct from the MSDN DVD. Part way through the
installation it pops up the following message:
"Please insert the disk: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition -
ENU Disk 1"

I'm trying to get a new command-line project to build the browse information
in Visual Studio 2008.  When I go to the project properties/configuration
properties/general, I don't see any setting to Build Browser Information.  
How do I get the bscmake to generate the .bsc file?

Unable to update auto-refresh reference 'ajaxcontroltoolkit.dll'. Cannot copy
assembly 'AjaxControlToolkit.resources.dll'
I have been having VS 2005 and Ajax setup problems for about a week+.
I uninstalled and re-installed VS 2005, its components, SP1, and MSDN help.  

I downloaded vs2008 thru dreamspark. I get an iso file and this program
called isobuster. I don't see any way to use isobuster to extract or mount
the file to dvd or virtual dvd. No matter what you do, isobuster says you
have to buy the full version to do it. I'm a student and ...

I have come to the end of my VS 2008 trial period and I wanted to upgrade to
the licenced version so I tried to do this online using the 'Upgrade' link.
The 'Upgrade' link proved useless however as you get a 'page not found'
message or something similar - somewhat suprising for a ...

I need to identify the latest MSDN library to use with the 2005 database
edition of VS Team System.  Besides that specific need I am wondering how to
identify in general which version and edition(s) an MSDN library targets.  
Thank-you!

I Installed my VS Standard and although on CD says it includes MSDN libraries
when I go to help and search for contents nothing is installed in my
computer!
Any suggestions how can I install MSDN in my computer?

I have converted and vs 2005 project by starting it with vs 2008. All works
fine, but fxcop (starting it from ide) throws an error:
Running Code Analysis...
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Team Tools\Static Analysis

I was wondering if anyone has seen a problem like this. I installed
VisualStudio 2005 on XP with SP2. It appears to have installed
correctly. I can create projects and solutions. I can compile
individual files. But when I try to build a solution a dialog box pops