MS09-062: Description of the security update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1: October 13, 2009

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates:
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Security solutions for IT professionals:
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Local support according to your country:
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Prerequisites to install this security update

To install this security update, you must have Microsoft 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:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en

Security update replacement information

This security update supersedes security update 947738 (security bulletin MS08-052). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

947738 MS08-052: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1: September 9, 2008

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 MS09-062 and on the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988(VS.85).aspxFor more information about Windows Installer, visit the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367449(VS.85).aspx

Known issues

For more information about installation issues with this update, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

939043 A shared file is rolled back when you uninstall a previously installed update for one edition or SKU on a computer that has more than one edition or SKU of any version of Visual Studio installed

944298 Error message when you try to install an update for Visual Studio 2005, for Visual Studio .NET 2003, or for Visual Studio .NET 2002: "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable"