>Would like to hear Craig's response on this as it makes a pretty big difference which way I go. Yes, I only have the Express versions. What happens if you try and run non-express functionality with the Express versions? Crash? Just doesnt run? Can't find stuff and errors-out all over the place?
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>>Oh Ok. At this moment Jay should have downloaded only minimal set of express versions. The features seemed too much for express:)
>>Cetin
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>>>There are versions available that don't require Visual Studio 2008.
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>>>>It says:
>>>>"Documentation for the service portfolio that was generated from the C# source code using SandCastle"
>>>>However it uses .Net 3.0 features, Orcas beta etc that might not be available on your system and I'm not sure that you would want to install its prerequisites. There is hands on labs for it. Maybe you'd check that out. www.asp.net has starter kits, tutorials, quickstarts, videos ...
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>>>>Cetin

You can get a free 180 day trial Visual Studio 2005 Professional from Microsoft. That might be a good way to go as a starting point.