"Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMess***@swspectrum.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:21:20 +0100, "JJ" <a**@xyz.com> wrote:
>
> ¤ I've just installed my new Visual Studio 2005 Pro, after realising that
> the
> ¤ web express edition didn't do all I wanted.
> ¤
> ¤ I was surprised to see that no product activation was required. Why is
> this?
> ¤ Have I installed it wrongly? I assumed all new product would require
> ¤ internet activation.
> ¤ Or should I have removed the web express edition first?
>
> Correct there is no product activation. Not all Microsoft products
> implement product activation.
> Those that do are typically the ones that are most likely to be pirated.
>
> I probably would have uninstalled the Web Express but if everything is
> working properly I would just
> leave it at this point.
>
>
> Paul
> ~~~~
> Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

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> "JJ" <a**@xyz.com> wrote in message
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>> Thanks Paul.
>>
>> I didn't remove the web express edition because I wanted to continue with
>> some of the projects I'd created. As it only said I should remove
>> pre-release versions I assumed it would work ok. All is ok so far, but
>> we'll see.
>>
>>
> You should be able to open your existing web sites (started in VWD) in
> Visual Studio without difficulties. Once you're sure there are no issues,
> you can then remove VWD if you want to.
>
>