Ok. This is the second go at this entry. The last time IE locked up. Well, it probably did that for a reason, but let me explain. Microsoft VisualStudio 2005 arrived today by FedEx as a part of MSDN. It is something that I have been wanting to try for some time but which I have not had a chance to look at. Well, that is only partially true. I also did not want to be developing using it until it was released and stable. Now that it is released I decided to install it.

The install program said it was a 2.8 GByte install. That is one big program. Or actually a series of programs. But no matter what way you look at it this is BIG. Why is it so big? I dunno. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it also includes a new version of the .Net framework as well as a whole host of Windows CE stuff. Whichever way you dice it, VisualStudio 2005 is BIG. I dont think that the 2.8 GBytes includes the 1.8 GBytes for the full install of the MSDN library.

The install is not short, and the second half actually killed Internet Explorer and caused the computer to go into what seemed like single user mode without the ability to do anything else whilst the software was installing. So that is why this entry is being re-written. I am about to install the MSDN, and I will see if that is any better.

I will only provide one link in this entry… Cryptome has an article about how the president of the USA has broken the law by listening in on Americans without going though the FISA court to approve things. I suspect that this story is going to get bigger in the next few days…

Anyway, time to post this entry so that I can continue to install!