The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by Windows Vista enhancements. This document lists known issues with the installation of Visual Studio Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista and with its features. For more information regarding the update, see Visual Studio on Windows Vista.
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Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista is available for download at Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista.
This service pack update provides updates for all Visual Studio 2005 language products:
| Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) English (United States) French German Italian Japanese Korean Russian Spanish |
| Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, x86 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, x86 Microsoft Windows Vista Business, x86 Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, x86 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, x86 Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, x64 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, x64 |
Information regarding the update is available at Visual Studio on Windows Vista.
Feedback is available on Microsoft Connect.
Installation on Vista requires elevated privileges
If you are installing this service pack upgrade on Vista, we recommend that you right click on the service pack upgrade executable and select "Run As…” Alternatively, you can launch the executable from a privileged console window.
Running with administrator permissions is recommended
Some features of Visual Studio will run only with administrator permissions. For this reason we recommend that when using Visual Studio 2005, you do the following:
For more information, see:
Just In Time (JIT) Script Debugging is broken
Errors in script running under Microsoft Internet Explorer will not cause a JIT Dialog to be displayed due to an elevation policy restriction.
To resolve this issue:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Low Rights\ElevationPolicy\{E62A7A31-6025-408E-87F6-81AEB0DC9347}]
"AppName"="vsjitdebugger.exe"
"AppPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\"
"Policy"=dword:00000003
Connection to SourceSafe Internet Service may fail with Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1
After installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 on a machine running Windows Vista, you may encounter the following error when connecting to a SourceSafe database over HTTPS:
“Cannot contact the Visual SourceSafe Internet Web Service or cannot access the specified database. The server returned the following error: Unspecified error (0x80004005) The plug-in advanced settings for SourceSafe Internet require SSL connections. Please, verify that your server can be accessed using secure connections or change your plug-in advanced settings.” |
This error occurs when using SourceSafe integration with the Internet plug-in.
To resolve this issue, do one of the following:
Visual Studio 2005 project templates disappear when upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista
If you install Visual Studio 2005 on a non-English version of Windows XP and then upgrade to Windows Vista you may not see any templates when you try to create a new project for Visual Basic, C# or J# using the File | New Project dialog.
To resolve this issue, do one of the following after the operating system upgrade:
SQL Server Compact Edition Tools and Runtime
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 includes updates of the SQL Server Compact Edition 3.1 design time utilities. The SQL Server Compact Edition Tools for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 include UI/Dialogs, device CAB files, DataDirectory feature, and ClickOnce support for the Smart Device Development components. You must download and install the following tools and runtime to support end-to-end SQL Server-based data development on Vista:
Microsoft Device Emulator Version 2.0
The Microsoft Device Emulator Version 1.0 that shipped with Visual Studio 2005 cannot be cradled in Vista. This issue has been fixed in the latest Device Emulator Version 2.0, which is due to release in Winter 2007. You will need the 64-bit version of the installer in order to install the Device Emulator on 64-bit platforms.
For the 32-bit installer, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=80668.
For the 64-bit installer, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83834.
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1:
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 will be released in Spring 2007. The service pack will increase the overall quality of the existing product features and maintain a high level of compatibility with Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and Windows Vista. The service pack will address issues raised by customer feedback and internal testing. Business Objects is committed to increasing the quality of our products. For more information, or to download the latest Crystal Reports for Visual Studio Service Packs, please visit Crystal Reports Service Packs.
Dotfuscator Community Edition:
Dotfuscator Community Edition has been updated since the Visual Studio 2005 original release version. Please visit PreEmptive Solutions to read about the changes and to obtain a free update.
