Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update Released
Microsoft has quietly made available for download an update to Visual Studio 2005 designed to improve compatibility with and take advantage of new technologies in Windows Vista. Called Service Pack 1 Update, the 28.4 megabyte download makes Visual Studio play well with User Account Control, the new networking stack, and the new graphics modes, and handles most backward compatibility issues.
The update installs on Vista for these products:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
- Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
- Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
- Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Agent
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Controller
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Code Profiler
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer
Several articles listing previously known issues with Visual Studio/VS2005/VS.NET2003 on Windows Vista are available here.
