Link updated for 2016: Microsoft has just made the MSDN Library a free download! If you do any Windows development at all you can imagine that to finally get the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 6.0 free download is a very useful tool to have. But wait – you say the MSDN library is already. Read moreMSDN Library Now a Free Download.
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Great news has arrived for anyone who programs with Microsoft tools and a Microsoft language: the MSDN is now free to download. Sure, the whole thing is available online and searchable, but I've always enjoyed having my local copy. It's much faster than going out to the web, plus the search isn't nearly as bad.
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If you decide to download the MSDN, make sure that you have a relatively decent size chunk of hard drive space. It requires a minimum of 900 MB, and a full installation needs 1.9 GB. The download itself comes in three ISO images totaling about 1.6 GB. If you have an old version of the MSDN installed, this new edition will update it. Microsoft's Rob Caron said that, including the May 2006 release, all future versions of the MSDN will be freely available. One response to his announcement has already asked, 'How about setting up a Torrent for this so we can all share the love?' Microsoft wouldn't do it for Windows Vista, so I doubt they'll do it for the MSDN. It is a great thought, though.