>>Yes it can, but VS.NET screws with the OS pretty good and a lot of things
>>don't work on any machine it's installed on. Including the Office apps.
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>Well, I admit I haven't actually completed a shutdown sequence in months, but I haven't had problems with VS.Net and Office...

Hmmm... I have VS.Net installed on two machines and Word won't run correctly - it'll lock up. I've heard this from other people as well.

Most everything else seems to be working though, although both my test machines are really lightly installed.