>>I only just realized that the MSDN shipments are now quarterly rather than monthly (didn't notice a 66% reduction in subscription rates tho). I'm still using the VS2010 beta.
>>Oh - and I've (literally) got a rainy day here if you want to borrow it.....
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>Why didn't you just download the iso image of the cd ?
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>You can then install from the disc image if you mount it with eg Deamon tools lite http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite

I will try that. Thanks, Gregory.