Originally posted by YourSurrogateGod
Is it possible to install Visual Studio .NET Academic version without those stupid updates? I don't have much hardrive space and I would really like to get around that annoying part, is there any way? Thanks in advance.
Which updates do you mean?
I do not know much about the academic version, but I imagine that the setup program (as with other versions) allows you choose what you want to install, so you can choose not to install C#, etc (although I think Managed C++ comes bundled with Visual C++ and thus cannot be left out of the installation).

One thing to note, there are some changes to the IDE, and the Class Wizard in .NET, that can be confusing at first.

BTW: I remember reading that Visual Studio .NET can co-exist with Visual Studio 6, so you can install it, and try it out without effecting your VS6 installation, if you want.