Today I had to reinstall. I used to have some hotfixes installed for VS2008 but no longer have them and can't remember why they were necessary. I'm expecting any security-related hotfixes to come through Microsoft Update, but I'm interested in VS bug fixes.
Does anyone have a list of hotfixes that they recommend installing for Visual Studio 2008 SP1?
I generally go with the ones that are pushed though Microsoft Update.
You can find them all here:
http://kbalertz.com/Technology%5F639.aspx
Look for the ones with a "FIX" prefix.
Update: This is another good source of information about VS2008 updates. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=Visual%20Studio%202008&ProjectSearchText=Hotfix
I thought that you can get bug fixes though Microsoft Update too.
If they don't come down automatically go to the site and look through the "Software, Optional" ones (or in the "Developer Tools" section).
Select Custom at the first screen and then wait a few minutes while it does it's scan.
However, there aren't any showing for me at the moment so I can't say for sure.
All the VS2008 hotfixes are posted in the MSDN Code Gallery. You can search for tags "Visual Studio 2008" and "Hotfixes". You should only install the ones for problems you are actually having. Read through them and decide which ones you need. I would sort them by release date and install from older ones first. Also notice that some are included in other updates, such are the WPF designer hotfix included with the Silverlight tools.
Suggested hotfixes:
If connecting to TFS 2010:
Does anyone else think it's silly that Microsoft's flagship developing platform doesn't have an "auto update" or "check for updates" feature? It seems like critical fixes (such as the VB compiler crashes) would be something they'd want to get out to as many people as possible.
Who honestly has the time to wade through pages and pages of KB's and hotfixes, some of which aren't suggested to be installed unless xyz conditions are met?