Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (VS08) Service Pack 1 (SP1) took eight months to arrive. Considering the capabilities that have been added, eight months might not seem so long. In some ways, SP1 feels ...

Reader Robert Liccardo writes in response to my review of Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 also added the ability to handle Absolute positioning better in the designer. I inherited a web ...

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 were released together just nine months ago. After releasing beta versions of .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 in May, ...

As I mentioned in An old Visual Studio problem rears its ugly head back in February, I've been looking forward to SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 and NET Framework 3.5. Why? These are supposed to fix most ...

So Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is finally here. And as service packs go, VS08 SP1 is a pretty big deal. The new bits do more than simply clean up flaws and holes in the shipping versions ...

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack (SP) 1, which Microsoft released to manufacturing on August 11, isn't just a bunch of fixes and patches. Why not just call SP1 a new release, say Visual Studio 2009, I ...

Microsoft released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. In what promises to be the most significant release for .NET developers this ...

Microsoft warned developers on Thursday that if they're getting an error when installing the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta released Monday, they need to uninstall the ...

Microsoft has today released the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta and the .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 Beta, adding new features and improvements in responsiveness, stability, and ...

In what promises to be the most significant release for .NET developers this year, Microsoft today released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET ...

Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Microsoft is feeding us these coding condiments not much more ...