title: How can I install VS 2008 team suite sp1 without the original installation media (vs_Setup.msi)?
body: <p>I am trying to re-install VS2008 SP1.  Why? </p>
  
  <p>I installed the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=CF13EA45-D17B-4EDC-8E6C-6C5B208EC54D&amp;displaylang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VS2008 Forward Compatibility Update (KB974558)</a>, in order to be able to access TFS 2010 from VS2008. Everything went fine; there were no error messages.  When I start VS2008 and click Help..About, I can see that KB794558 is installed.</p>
  
  <p>But even though the FCU is installed, I still cannot add a TFS 2010 server path into Visual Studio 2008, without getting the error <a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=tf30335" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TF30335</a>.  The server in question is a codeplex server; I understand that codeplex upgraded to TFS 2010 in July.   </p>
  
  <p>Some websites have suggested re-installing VS2008 SP1 in order to correct this TF30335 error. But when I try doing <em>that</em>, the install asks for the original installation media for VS 2008 Team Suite (vs_setup.msi), which I no longer have.</p>
  
  <p>Other websites, like <a href="http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2009/06/10/connecting-visual-studio-2008-team-explorer-to-team-foundation-server-2010/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this one</a>, suggest manually tweaking the registry to add a TFS 2010 URL.  When I restart VS2008 after doing this, I get the TF253022 error, which says, <strong>You must update your client with the Forward Compatibility Update.</strong>  As I said, I've already installed that. </p>
  
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  <li><p>Is there a way to (re-)install VS2008 sp1 without access to the original VS2008 installation media?</p></li>
  <li><p>Failing that, is there a way to avoid the TF30335 error, after installing the FCU (KB974558)? </p></li>
  <li><p>Is there a way to make the Forward Compatibility Update, uhm.... <em>really work</em>?</p></li>
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  <p><strong>Edit</strong>: <em>Related</em>:<br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3005822/unable-to-connect-to-tfs2010-from-vs2005-though-forward-compatibility-pack-is-ins">Unable to connect to TFS 2010 from VS2005 even though Forward Compat Update is installed.</a> </p>