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The MSDN® Library is an essential resource of information for developers using Microsoft® tools, products, and technologies.

• MSDN Library provides access to essential programming information, including technical reference documentations, white papers, software development kits and code samples necessary to develop web services and applications. This is an updated version of the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 and this library contains Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 documentation.
  
  Updated content sets in MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 include:
  • Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 documentation
  • Visual Studio 2008 general documentation updates
  • Windows Developer documentation updates
  • Microsoft Knowledge Base
  • And More...

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
New/VS2008SP1MSDNENU_Total4Parts.part1.exe SHA1: d90717137611b73c52ad89f7cb874887d02e3e81	700.16 MB
New/VS2008SP1MSDNENU_Total4Parts.part2.rar SHA1: 6922960ec0f353ac6a07a13f69b5412ec2710030	700.21 MB
New/VS2008SP1MSDNENU_Total4Parts.part3.rar SHA1: 1d2005b14d5e71ac1877ec8379be24fdd6014481	700.21 MB
New/VS2008SP1MSDNENU_Total4Parts.part4.rar SHA1: ff420e4b3917f559890c4a7469ce007a2d3741b0	91.07 MB
VS2008SP1MSDNENUX1506188.iso SHA1: 34d312a24f40ea6de588f209802c7f1316cfede5	2.14 GB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• • Minimum: 1.6GHz CPU, 384MB RAM, 800x600 Display, 4200 RPM HD
  • Recommended: 2.2GHZ CPU, 1024MB RAM, 1280x1024 Display, 7200 RPM HD
  • Running on Windows Vista: 2.4GHz CPU, 768 MB RAM
  • 1.6 GB of available hard-disk space on installation drive for Minimum install type
  • 2.5 GB available hard-disk space on installation drive for Full install type
  
  Notes:
  • MSDN Library is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Help by default and is integrated into the F1 Help function. However, the MSDN Library can also be installed and viewed as a stand-alone reference, and does not require Visual Studio 2008.
  
  
  • Concurrent installations of the Visual Studio Express Library and the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 on the same computer will cause content redundancy, including duplicate search hits. If the Visual Studio Express Library has already been installed on your computer, please uninstall it before beginning installation of the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1.
  
  

• Download instructions
  
  1. Choose one of the following options:
  
  a. Download the single iso image available on this page and save it to your hard drive in a temporary directory.
  b. Download the four smaller packages (one .exe and three .rar files) below and save them to your hard drive in a temporary directory. After that, double-click on the exe file to extract the iso image to your directory.
  2.Follow the ISO handling instructions below.
  
  
  Options for handling downloaded ISO Images.
  Following 2 options are available for DVD image handling.
  
  1. Write the image file to blank DVD (Recommended)
  2. Mount image file virtually as DVD devices.
  For details of the options listed above, see "What are ISO image files and how do I use them?" topic available on this FAQ page.
  
  Installation Instructions
  
  1. On the DVD, locate Setup.exe and double click to initiate installation.
  2. Follow the Setup Wizard instructions to completion.
  3. After the setup process has completed, the MSDN Library can be accessed through Start--> Programs-->Microsoft Developer Network-->MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1