Thursday, September 11, 2008

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Preparation Tool

Microsoft has released a tool that will prepare your system for VS 2008 SP1. It's important to run it if you have installed any beta Visual Studio 2008 software since it went RTM.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A494B0E0-EB07-4FF1-A21C-A4663E456D9D 

The following pre-release programs and updates will prevent Visual Studio 2008 SP1 from installing successfully, so they must be removed prior to installation:


To remove these programs, it is recommended that you run the automated Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool. This tool will remove the specified updates and programs from your system and restore the integrity of any Visual Studio 2008 features that may have been compromised during manual removal of the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta release.

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