title: Where to download vcredist?
body: <p>I feel a little stupid asking this question, but I hope that this might be helpful to others as well.</p>
  
  <p>Background: We/I are developing some software with <strong>Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (VC9)</strong>. We would like to provide the <code>vcredist</code> along the software on the cd.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I am used to ask google "download vcredist 2008 sp1" and usually it leads me to the following (also bookmarked) web pages:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582" rel="noreferrer">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582</a> (32 bit)</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2092" rel="noreferrer">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2092</a> (64 bit)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I think I have downloaded different versions (9.0.30729.<strong>01</strong> and later 9.0.30729.<strong>17</strong>) from that same URL as they came available. Today, only the <strong>.17</strong> is available on that page. Now, a customer complained and told me that there is a 9.0.30729.<strong>6161</strong> available, but I can't find it. The closest I could get was 9.0.30729.<strong>5677</strong>:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>When I searched google for that specific version, it lead me to this page: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2538243" rel="noreferrer">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2538243</a> which is saying, that a security update is available.</li>
  <li>The linked Security Bulletin <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-025" rel="noreferrer">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-025</a> lists the vcredist 2008 sp1 as affected and as a new link to something that seems to be an updated version of the vcredist 2008 sp1, although it has a slightly different name, in that it also bears the "mfc" in it's name: <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26368" rel="noreferrer">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26368</a></li>
  <li>File names, file sizes and version numbers suggest these are updated versions of the vcredist 2008 sp1. This is the version 9.0.30729.<strong>5677</strong></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Is there ONE URL where I can always pull the newest version ?</p>
  
  <p>Is there some kind of notification system (email list, rss-feed, ...) that informs me about a new vcredist ?</p>