How can I get Visual Studio 2005 running on Windows 7?

Question

Vista's user account protection caused problems with Visual Studio 2005, and Microsoft addressed this with the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista. I'm having similiar problems running VS2005 on Windows 7, but I can't find any info from Microsoft directly addressing this. Should I just install the Vista service pack onto Windows 7?

Thanks, Phil

Answer 1

Just install Vista Service Pack onto Windows 7.

Answer 2

SP3 needed and also .NET Framework 2.0 needed for the installation.

Answer 3

The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista works fine on Windows 7. (At least, that's what I've been using, and it hasn't broken for me for any C++ or C# development.)