During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and reliability from previous versions of Windows. While we have made tremendous investments in Windows Vista to ensure backwards compatibility, some of the system enhancements, such as User Account Control, changes to the networking stack, and the new graphics model, make Windows Vista behave differently from previous versions of Windows. These investments impact Visual Studio 2005. The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Beta addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by Vista enhancements.

This download installs the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Beta for the following Visual Studio SKUs:

• 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