VS2008 should work on windows xp pro. -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ricks Place Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:32 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: visual studio requirements I am running VWD Express 2008 on XP Professional and it's working. I think Visual Studio 2008 should run on your XP Professional but that is just a guess based on VWD running on mine. Rick USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> To: "bprogramming" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:13 AM Subject: visual studio requirements > Greetings all -- > I have been on microsoft reading the system requirements for VS 2008 and I > am taken to a page that lists a bunch of supported configurations, > including > XP Professional. > I had the impression that VS 2005 was for XP and 2008 required vista. Am I > wrong? I want to get whatever is current. If I need a vista box, I'll get > one, but I have XP pro on my current box and enough disk space to download > the components. > So at the risk of asking the obvious, for the people running 2008, can I > run > it on XP pro, or do I need vista? > I am only asking because my impressions reading list mail and reading the > data on the microsoft site diverge. > Thanks in advance. > If I can get out of paying for a new laptop right now it would be nice to > get started on an xp pro compatible version of VS 2008, if that isn't an > oxy > moron. > Thanks much in advance. > --le > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind