Installation of VB.Net

The good news is that installation is straightforward.

Installing from CD

The software is provided on 4 CDs.

One of the authors installed VB.Net in 40 minutes on a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 with Windows XP home edition, 256 Meg Ram and a 16 speed CD-ROM drive.

The installation was smooth with no restarts of the machine needed.

  1. Insert disk 1. Instructions are then displayed.
  2. The instructions prompt the user to insert the "Windows Components Updates" CD (one of the four).
  3. Thereafter, insert disk1, disk 2 and disk3, when prompted.

Installing from the DVD that comes with the book

These instructions are given on the README file, but it is fairly straightforward.

  1. close all applications
  2. insert the DVD
  3. Setup.exe should automatically run. (If it doesn't, run it)
  4. The setup program automatically scans your disk for installed components. These are operating system components that Visual Studio needs. Almost always, there are some missing. The first option on the menu allows you to update these system components. Click on this option. This installation typically takes about 2 minutes.
  5. Next install the .NET framework by selecting the second menu option. This installs the framework that allows .NET programs to run. This installation takes about 5 minutes.
  6. Finally install Visual Studio by selecting the third menu option. You will need to enter the product key given on a label attached to the wallet that holds the DVD. This installation takes about 50 minutes. Be patient - the time remaining indication goes down and up!
  7. When you actually run Visual Studio, the software contacts Microsoft via an internet connection to activate the software. (The option of telephone activation is not available.)

Best wishes.