Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008: July 28, 2009

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS09-035. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200907.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200907.mspx)
  Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate)
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-035.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-035.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update (http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527)

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bb980617.aspx)

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master)

Local support according to your country: International Support (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

Prerequisites to install this security update

To install this security update, you must have Windows Installer 3.1 or a later version installed on the computer. To obtain the latest version of Windows Installer for the computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Security update replacement information

This security update does not replace any other security update.

Update removal information

After you install this update, you can uninstall it by using the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.

Command-line switches for this update

You can find information about the various command-line switches that this update supports in security bulletin MS09-035 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-035.mspx) and on the following MSDN Web site: For more information about Windows Installer, visit the following MSDN Web site:

Known issues

For more information about installation issues with updates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

• 959417  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959417/ ) Error message when you try to repair, uninstall, or install Visual Studio Team System 2008 after you install an update that adds a new Windows Installer feature: "A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components"
• 974055  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974055/ ) Some DLL files are not updated when you install update 971091 for Visual Studio 2008

File information

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.