NicolTIP#003: How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools – Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 on Windows Vista
If you try to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools – Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 on Windows Vista, you will get an error message telling you that you have to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in order to install the tools. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) doesn’t support non Windows Servers OS, so it’s not possible to install WSS 3.0 on Windows Vista, which means you will not be able to install VS 2008 Extensions on your development machine
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NicolTIP#003: How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools – Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 on Windows Vista


