Getting on the Vista developers merry-go-round

Trying to keep up with the various Vista Beta releases? Want to develop but not sure which version will work on your platform?

Here's a useful set of links to make sure you get the right version of the runtime, SDK, Orcas VS extensions and WCF libs:

OS Runtime SDK Orcas Extensions WCF
Vista 5472.5 July CTP http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1D7F16B3-D2D5-48F7-9494-6696117EE712&displaylang=en None yet! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E74FECC8-1278-444E-B775-21F9E8E2A586&displaylang=en
Vista 5456 June CTP http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d6cd6490-af1a-48c3-aebd-389daf45003c&DisplayLang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1a994549-94cb-4f61-903d-a8c8e453eef4&DisplayLang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=63A80A4B-BD27-4124-A2A5-61786ADB626E&displaylang=en
Vista 5384.4 Beta 2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=13F8E273-F5EA-4B7B-B022-97755838DB94&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=31F9F15D-00E0-4241-8014-2F12679119AA&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5C080096-F3A0-4CE4-8830-1489D0215877&displaylang=en
XP / W2K3 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=62057A6F-185F-41DB-ABE5-678F6FC388F0&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1D7F16B3-D2D5-48F7-9494-6696117EE712&displaylang=en None yet! http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E74FECC8-1278-444E-B775-21F9E8E2A586&displaylang=en
XP / W2K3 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8D09697E-4868-4D8D-A4CF-9B82A2AE542D&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d6cd6490-af1a-48c3-aebd-389daf45003c&DisplayLang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1a994549-94cb-4f61-903d-a8c8e453eef4&DisplayLang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=63A80A4B-BD27-4124-A2A5-61786ADB626E&displaylang=en
XP / W2K3 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4A96661C-05FD-430C-BB52-2BA86F02F595&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=13F8E273-F5EA-4B7B-B022-97755838DB94&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=31F9F15D-00E0-4241-8014-2F12679119AA&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5C080096-F3A0-4CE4-8830-1489D0215877&displaylang=en

The Vista versions all install the relevant runtime as part of the os install.

Author Mark Page

Mark is trying not to drink too much 'cool aid' at the moment. All the more for everyone else!

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