Microsoft to offer SP for Visual Studio, .NET Framework
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
But Redmond has no plans to patch pre-2002 versions of its developer tools so that they will work with Windows XP SP2. Microsoft is planning to "service" its 2002 and 2003 versions of the .Net Framework and Visual Studio tool suite in order to insure they will work properly with Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2. But versions of the .Net Framework and Visual Studio suite that predate 2002 won't be upgraded, a company spokesman said, as they lack a number of security enhancements needed by SP2.