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MSDN library available as a free download

  • 07-08-2006 5:31pm
    #1
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭


    Microsoft have made the May 2006 edition of their MSDN library available as a free download. It's available from here. Be warned though, it's a hefty 1.7Gb download spread across 3 ISO images.


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  • #2
    projectmayhem
    Registered Users Posts: 9,481 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    nice one, thanks for the heads up


  • #3
    dazberry
    Registered Users Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭dazberry


    Thanks malice_.


  • #4
    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    Just updating this thread.

    Link above is outdated. MSDN Library December 2006 DVD free download link is
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94596af5-cc58-45af-a14b-df627a31e783&DisplayLang=en

    1940 MB in size.


  • #5
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    As the old link has expired, I'm not sure just what is different about this latest hefty download. The page itself mentions updated "content sets" to the following:
    • Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
    • Visual Studio 2005 Documentation
    • Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
    • Microsoft Knowledge Base

    As we don't use Visual Studio 2005 here I wonder if it's worth the download at all? Does anyone have any advice on this?


  • #6
    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    Not really, if you don't have spare time, or particular need. Just the usual newer articles from MS magazines, a few new samples and info on Office/Vista/Server suite '07.

    But worth reinstalling every year or so imo.


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  • #7
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭testicle


    *ahem*

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/default.aspx


  • #8
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    ressem wrote:
    Not really, if you don't have spare time, or particular need. Just the usual newer articles from MS magazines, a few new samples and info on Office/Vista/Server suite '07.

    But worth reinstalling every year or so imo.
    I probably won't bother with the download right now. The existing help files will do fine.


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