Getting Started
As a .NET developer, you must run a server-like operating system: Windows NT (sp6a), 2000, XP, or another operating system. If you plan to develop Web-based applications, you should also ensure that IIS is installed. When you run the setup program to install Visual Studio .NET, the installation process first checks whether it needs to install any of the necessary runtime files for the .NET Framework. If you are running Windows Server 2003, the correct files may already be present on your development workstation. By contrast, operating systems such as Windows XP and Windows 2000 do not natively support .NET. Therefore, the Visual Studio .NET setup program will install any needed runtime files that are not already present on your ...
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