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Hi,

I am using Windows XP sp3 machine. I wanted to install following sofwares on my machine

1. VS 2005
2. VS 2005 Team Explorer
3. VS 2008
4. VS 2008 Team Explorer
5. VS 2008 SP1
6. SQL Server Developer Edition 2005

Shall I install SQL server at the very end or else at the very start, Because I have heard of some issues installing SQL Server Management Studio on XP sp3 machines.

Regards,
Vipul
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I'd probably install SQL Server first. Also you cannot have VS 2008 and VS 2008 SP1 side by side. You may be better off using VMs if these are primarily for test/build cycles and not for active development.
 
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Rod Kemp 23-Oct-10 10:06am    
Nish, not to nit pick but VS 2008 SP1 is just service pack 1 for VS2008 there is no side by side installation here. :)
SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 would be a problem with no side by side installation allowed.
I do agree to install SQL 2005 first though.
Nish Nishant 23-Oct-10 10:08am    
Ah sorry. I thought he wanted both so he could test the build on both (I had to do that at a previous job where we had to make sure our library compiled with or without the supported SPs).
Rod Kemp 23-Oct-10 10:23am    
Wow, most places would stop at making sure it worked with the framework service packs but to go to the extent of checking against VS service packs...
Nish Nishant 23-Oct-10 10:28am    
The product was a C++ library - means it was used by VS customers.
Rod Kemp 23-Oct-10 11:01am    
Ah, that makes sense. I think I have spent WAY to long concentrating on the .Net framework I forget some of the other things I once did, like some ASM code I looked at the other day, I wrote it about 8 years ago but was having a hard time remembering the what/why/how.
Hi,

We can deftly install VS2008 and VS2008 SP1. But the trick is to install SP1 after you install VS2008 and VS2008 Team Explorer
 
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