Visual Studio 2005 and Vista

[mylok]

anyone have any info on using Visual Studio 2005 with Vista? just installed it and it pops up a message saying compatibility problems with this version of windows (I am running vista ultimate NON BETA). you would think VS 2005 would work out of the box.

 

[stash]

The majority of things work fine. I couldn't tell you what doesn't work, since I'm not much of a dev. There is an update under development to make VS fully compatible with Vista. The reason why it isn't now is that Vista was a moving target for the VS team almost right up until RTM.

 

[Aberforth]

There are problems with SQL Server 2005 too- you have to install SQL SP2 and SP1 for VS2005

 

[mylok]

thanks for the info, so the update for VS is not out yet? i will look for the SQL SP1 and SP2 update.

 

[Aberforth]

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 is not fully compatible with Vista - MS is working on an update. But SQL 2005 Service Pack 2 is compatible.

http://reddevnews.com/news/devnews/article.aspx?editorialsid=112

VS 2005 SP 1 Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info...6-b39d-37baf6b5b1dc%26DisplayLang%3den

 

[oog]

sql 2005 sp2 is only out as a community technology preview (at least when i last looked at it)
vs 2005 sp1 isn't fully compatible with vista, but there is a FAQ with various workarounds

 

[mylok]

thanks, I downloaded VS2005 SP1 (installing now) and the VISTA BETA upgrade. hope this works until MS can release a proper patch.

 

[postmortemIA]

SP1 takes like 1/2 hour to install.

 

[gregor7777]

let me know how it works out

I just installed Vista Business and will need to install VS 2005 soon.

 

[mylok]

I think I will just wait (I can still use XP for now). I installed SP1 for VS2005Pro then downloaded the update for Vista but it is a beta designed for the beta/RC versions of Vista. It states not for use in production which is a no go for me. Kind of lame MS can not even get an official Service Pack for VS2005 considering Vista Business has been out for over a month. Plus the SP for SQL2005 with Vista did not work. I received an error when updating (and I did apply SP1 for SQL 2005 first).

I hope MS can get an official SP out soon I would really like to switch to Vista but for now I will stick with XP.