I recently had lots of fun with Visual Studio 2005.  Installing it, that is.

• Found the problem in %temp%\vsmsilog*.txt.  The filename is randomly generated, but that mask should cover it.  I had a line like this: MSI (s) (00:4C) [23:19:38:111]: Source is incorrect. Volume label should be VSVSTSD1 but is VSTS_1.
• When Visual Studio setup is run from removable media (such as a DVD), it expects the volume label to exactly match what is specified in the VolumeLabel column of the Media table in the MSI.  If the media volume label does not match what is listed in the Media table, then setup will prompt you to swap discs.
• For Visual Studio 2005, the volume label varies depending on where you received your copy of Visual Studio.
  • For MSDN subscriptions, the DVD volume label must be DVD1 for all editions of Visual Studio.
  • For retail/volume versions of Visual Studio 2005, the DVD volume label varies based on what edition of Visual Studio is being installed:
    • Visual Studio 2005 Standard - VSSTDD1
    • Visual Studio 2005 Professional - VSPROD1
    • Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects - VSVSTAD1
    • Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers - VSVSTTD1
    • Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers - VSVSTDD1
    • Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite - VSVSTSD1
  • The standalone applications can use any volume label, since they don't fill a disc.

While the suite installs, go grab SQL 2005 Express, SP2 or newer, if you installed SQL

• http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2005/default.mspx
• Only the CTP appears to be available at the moment.  Lovely.

MSDN Library August 2006 is here

• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6671f8da-b0cb-41de-ad93-798fc71d344d&displaylang=en
• http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/f/3bf3d56b-c251-45ba-a99a-71b9f3aaa7ca/0608enud1.img
• http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/f/3bf3d56b-c251-45ba-a99a-71b9f3aaa7ca/0608enud2.img
• http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/f/3bf3d56b-c251-45ba-a99a-71b9f3aaa7ca/0608enud3.img
• Newer via http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?DisplayLang=en&nr=20&freetext=%22MSDN+library%22&sortCriteria=date 

The entertainment continued once I tried to launch it.

• While we have made tremendous investments in Windows Vista to ensure backwards compatibility, some of the system enhancements, such as User Access Control, changes to the networking stack, and the new graphics model, make Windows Vista behave differently from previous versions of Windows.
• Visual Studio on Windows Vista FAQ
• Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista Issue List - Running with normal user permissions
• Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista Issue List - Running with elevated administrator permissions
• Visual Studio .NET 2003 on Windows Vista Issue List