MS Visual Studio

Installation

Install any version including the Express Edition.

Service Pack

Install the SP1.

WebInstaller

Install the WebInstaller platform.

DirectX

Check their web site.
Install the runtime.
Install the SDK.
Install the Windows SDK.
Install the Code Metrics.
Install the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 Version 7.1.
Install FxCop 10.0 executing %Program Files%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\FXCop\FxCopSetup.exe

Windows Phone 7

Check their site.
Install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 beta 2.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7 update.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7 fix.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7 XNA Game Studio 4.0.

Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

Check their site.
Install the Silverlight Toolkit.
Install the Windows Identity Foundation Runtime.
Install the Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tool RTW.

Kinect

Check their site.
Read the README file.
Install the Kinect for Windows SDK.
Install the Kinect for Windows Developer Toolkit.
Install the Kinect for Windows Runtime.
Install the MS XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0.
Install the Kinect for Windows Language pack.
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Install the Windows Speech Platform Runtime 10.2.
Install the Windows Speech Platform SDK 10.2.
Install the Kinect for Windows Language Pack 0.9.
Install the Kinect Services for Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3.
Download the Kinect Programming Guide.

Expression Blend

Check their site.

Mathematics

Check their site.

Robotics

Check their site.

Column limit

Visual Studio 2010 and 2012

1. Install Paul Harrington's Editor Guidelines extension for VS 2010 or VS 2012.
2. Open the registry at:
   VS 2008: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Text Editor  VS 2010: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Text Editor
   VS 2012: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Text Editor
   VS 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Text Editor
   and add a new string called Guides with the value RGB(100,100,100), 100. The first part specifies the color, while the other one (80) is the column the line will be displayed.