Gerard,
AFAIK there is not an VS express. There are individual product express versions. They have their IDE so you'd have VS in a sense.
PS: Follow my signature "Learn visual studio net" videos. Bob Tabor made a wonderfull work and covers express videos too.
Cetin

>Hi Al.
>I was onto a MS web site but could not see a download for Visual Studio Express.. there were separate downloads for C#,VB etc.
>Is there an actaul Visual Studio Express that can be downloaded ?
>
>Regards,
>Gerard
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>>>What is missing from the Lightweight version that would be in Visual Studio Professional 2005 ?
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>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/