http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/tags/Beta/default.aspxTags: Betaen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/2007/01/04/visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1-update-for-windows-vista-beta.aspxFri, 05 Jan 2007 00:15:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1412646DotNetInterop0http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/comments/1412646.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1412646<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Microsoft have released the <A class="" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb6bb56a-10b7-4c05-b81c-5863284503cf&amp;displaylang=en" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb6bb56a-10b7-4c05-b81c-5863284503cf&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista, Beta</A>!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">What a mouthful!&nbsp; What is this thing?&nbsp; Well, back in September, <A class="" href="http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=J0GQSWYPZLVZKQSNDLQCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=193100291#begin" mce_href="http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=J0GQSWYPZLVZKQSNDLQCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=193100291#begin">Microsoft revealed</A> that Visual Studio 2005 would not work on Windows Vista, when Vista first shipped.&nbsp; At that time Jay Roxe of Microsoft said there would be an update to VS2005 to allow it to work on Vista.&nbsp; This is that update, although it is only in Beta form.&nbsp; The link above is the English version of the update.&nbsp; I understand that the Japanese version of this beta is also coming very soon - look for it. </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><A class="" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx">More on VS2005 support on Vista</A>.</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN>&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1412646" width="1" height="1">BetaVisual Studio