Install Visual Studio.net 2008

Visual Studio can be installed from a CD or by downloading from Microsoft Website at http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/. The latest version is the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 edition, the website has a trial version that can be downloaded from the same location by choosing the version as required.
The downloaded file would be a .exe file, when double clicked on it will open up an wizard. By choosing the location , the type of installation like custom or standard user can install only the required applications like Visual Basic.net 2008 from the available choices.
Following is the System Requirement to install Visual Studio.net 2008:

System Components	Recommended Configuration
Processor	600 MHz - 1 GHz
RAM	192 MB - 256 MB
Hardisk Space	1 GB - 3.8 GB
Operating System	Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows Vista or Higher
CD ROM or DVD Drive	Required
VGA	800 X 600, 256 colors - 1024 X 768, High Color 16-bit