Feedback #1: I'd like a way to download the complete files for local installation, not just a 2.5 MB stub to a larger 50 MB download.

Is there a place to download say, the entire MSDN Express Library so that I can apply it to multiple machines? Or is the installation saved locally bychance?

it's seem like need another round of download after the express download (2.4MB+ files) and the error seem like is showing BITS timed out.

i'm running the express setup behind the firewall, is this the issue i can't proceed with the installation? i'm trying to find the BITS whether got an interface for me to put in the company proxy server but i can't found the program except a services.

please help!

Thanks for the feedback so far.
There is currently no way to download and keep all 50MB of installation files on the local hard drive and reuse them later. I have forwarded your feedback to the Setup team and we are considering having this option for the final product.

thanks,
James Lau
PM, VS Core

I dont know if you already changed something, but I found a way to run the setup once and then recover the downloaded setup files for offline setup:
The Framework setup is in <WinFolder>\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.40607\Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta
The setups for the language and the MSDN are stored in subdirs with corresponding names under the install dir, e.g.
<ProgDir>\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Beta - English

Cheers,
Ben