1. In your web browser, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37283 and save the file to '<Visual Studio install directory>\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX'. An example of the VS install directory is 'C:\Program Files\Visual Studio 8' 2. Also save the files at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37285 and http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37287 to the same location, <Visual Studio install directory>\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX'. 3. To solve this same problem for SQL Server Express, then go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3728 and save the file to '<Visual Studio install directory>\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\SqlExpress\en' 4. Then return to the prerequisites dialog and select 'Download prerequisites from the same location as my application.' 5. Publish