There is a significant difference in the time to download and install Just Basic and downloading Microsoft Visual Basic Express. The Just Basic product is small and downloads within a minute, and its installation takes about a minute. If your version of Windows is missing the Microsoft WinHlp32.exe file, then downloading and installing that will take about 10 minutes. So the total time to download and install Just Basic is less than 15 minutes. If you are using Windows XP, then you already have WinHlp32.exe and your computer will take less than 5 minutes to download and install Just Basic.
Microsoft Visual Basic Express is a large product. Plan on an hour to download and install it. You need to check on it every 15 minutes. At some point during the download you might need to restart your computer. Then the download resumes. After the download and installation, go ahead and launch it. The first time it comes up it does some final installation chores and that takes a couple of minutes.
Don't download Microsoft Visual Basic Express unless you have at least an hour to spare.
Robert
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