Microsoft launched a "DevDiv Hotfix Public Availability Pilot Program", which will allow developers to access and download some of the latest hotfixes of their developer tools. Not many hotfixes are available at this time [the one that caught my eye was "FIX: You may receive an error message when you rebuild a solution and try to view a Windows Form in Design view in Visual Studio 2005."], but hopefully the number will increase in time. Of course, this hotfixes will be included in the forthcoming Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1.
This program is available through Microsoft Connect. And make sure you read the red text before downloading and applying any of the hotfixes...
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