How to Install and Uninstall Silverlight

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Silverlight plug-in Inplace and Indirect installation, How to
Silverlight Development Tools & Software
Silverlight Interview Questions
Silverlight prerequisites and installation for web application development
Silverlight Examples and Samples Download
How to use gradient color brush in Silverlight

How to Install Silverlight

Here are the steps to Install silverlight

1. Open http://silverlight.net/Default.aspx

2. Open GET STARTED Page by clicking it.

3. Find out Download Silverlight Link (If already Silverlight is installed in your machine this link will not be appeared to you).

4 If you click on Download Silverlight Link, It opens Microsoft Silverlight Install Page http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/install.aspx.

5. Click on Install Now Option then you can download the Silverlight Plug-in.

5. Then Install Silverlight By using downloaded silverlight plug-in installable setup software.

6. While Installing Silverlight you can see the progress screen as bellow.

7. Restart all of your browsers

This silverlight installation can work for all the browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera.....

How to uninstall Silverlight

Bellow are the steps to follow to uninstall the silverlight

1. Go to Start menu.

2. Go to Control Panel

3. Open Add or Remove programs.

4. Choose Microsoft Silverlight in Add Remove Programs Dialog box.

5. Click on Remove

6. It asks you for the confirmation.

7. Click YES to Uninstall the Silverlight

You can see the Uninstalling silverlight in bellow image.

 

Hope this post is useful.

See Also

Silverlight plug-in Inplace and Indirect installation, How to
Silverlight Development Tools & Software
Silverlight Interview Questions
Silverlight prerequisites and installation for web application development
Silverlight Examples and Samples Download
How to use gradient color brush in Silverlight

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Silverlight Examples and Samples Download

Download and view the following Silverlight Program samples.
To view the following sample you need to install silverlight browser plugin in your machine. Please go through following three articles
1. Silverlight Development Tools & Software,
2. Silverlight prerequisites and installation for web application  development,
3. Silverlight plug-in Inplace and Indirect installation, How to

Silvelight Examples / Samples - View and Download source code

2D Physics Simulation
Grand Piano
Silverlight Mind Map

3D Teapot Demo
Infragistics Controls Demo
Silverlight Pad

Amazon Search Visualization
JavaScript / .NET Chess
Silverlight Playground

AOL Social Mail Gadget
Laugh-o-Sphere
Silverlight Rocks

Binary Clock
LiveStation
SilverNibbles

Browser Poker
Matrix Digital Rain
Smalltalk on Silverlight

Bubble Factory
Michael's Journal
Sprawl

Bubblemark
Office Ribbon
Surface Prototype

Comic Book Viewer
Photopoints Gallery
SVG to Silverlight Converter

Destroy All Invaders
Popfly
Telerik RadControls 3D Cube

Digger
Python Console
Verlet Integration Algorithm

Disco Dance Floor
Reflecting Graph
Windows Journal-to-Silverlight Converter

Dr Greenthumb
Reflector for Silverlight
Windows Vista Simulator

Dr Popper
Roxio Buzz
XamlWebPad

GlyphMap
Sierpinski Triangle
XPS Viewer

GOA WinForms Demo
Silverlight Airlines Demo
Zero Gravity

Gradient Animations
Silverlight Chess Game Replay

Silverlight Development Tools & Software

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Here I published the information about all the essential tools to develop silverlight web-application. Microsoft silverlight lover should know all about these tools.

All the tools needed for silverlight web-based application development are given bellow.

 

Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 Beta Software Development Kit (SDK) Download this SDK to create Silverlight Web experiences that target Silverlight 1.0 Beta. The SDK contains documentation, samples along with templates for Microsoft Visual Studio, and has also a go-live license that enables building commercial applications.

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Software Development Kit (SDK) Download this SDK to create Silverlight Web experiences that target Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. The SDK contains documentation and samples.

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (Free evaluation is available for download) Extend the integration and productivity benefits of Visual Studio for developers to the entire software development team. Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Studio share the same project and file formats, enabling developers and designers to collaborate freely while maintaining creative control. For the professional version, explore the Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express Edition.

Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” Beta 1 Experience the next generation of Visual Studio. If you want to develop Silverlight applications targeting Silverlight 1.1 Alpha, this is required.

Microsoft Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” Beta 1 Update Visual Studio “Orcas” with the JavaScript and managed code functionality needed to develop Silverlight applications.

Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (May 2007) Compatible with both Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio “Orcas,” this package contains ASP.NET-based Silverlight controls.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta 3 Quickly create, understand, and troubleshoot Web pages with these tools—for free. This version is a preview release and behavior may change in the final release.

 

Microsoft Expression Studio (Free evaluation is available for download) Whether creating standards-based Web user interfaces by using Microsoft ASP.NET, building cross-platform rich interactive applications with Silverlight, or creating ultimate Windows Vista experiences with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Expression tools enable designers to fully apply their creativity while collaborating with developers using Visual Studio. Expression Studio includes the following products: Expression Web for building standards-based Web sites Expression Design for professional illustration and graphic design Expression Blend for creating engaging Web-connected experiences for Windows. This special Expression Blend 2 May Preview is compatible with creating content for Silverlight 1.0 Beta and Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. Expression Media for assets management as well as media encoding. This version also includes the Expression Media Encoder tool for transcoding video content.

Windows Movie Maker Import audio and video to your computer from a digital video camera, and then use the imported content in your movies. You can also import existing audio, video, or still pictures into Windows Movie Maker to use in the movies you create. After editing the audio and video content in Windows Movie Maker, which can include adding titles, transitions, or effects, you can then publish your final movie and share it with your friends and family. Windows Movie Maker is also available for Microsoft Windows XP.

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Silverlight prerequisites and installation for web application development

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If we want to develop a silverlight based .NET web application, first we should know what are the prerequisite software we need.

Bellow I am giving the Prerequisite software requirement information for the both Windows XP and Windows Vista

Prerequisites for silverlight web applications on Windows Vista

We will need a Windows Live ID to download this silverlight runtime. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, you can create new windows Live Id at Windows Live Id before starting download.

1. Install a version of Silverlight:
   • Silverlight 1.0 Beta for Windows
   • Silverlight 1.0 Beta for Mac
   • Silverlight 1.1 Alpha for Windows
   • Silverlight 1.1 Alpha for Mac
2. Install Expression Blend 2 May Preview^* (25.5 MB)

   Overview

   Microsoft has released Microsoft Expression Blend 2. It is an editor to develop very rich silverlight-based applications and also we can export content from Microsoft Expression Design in a format that can be used in Silverlight-based applications that we create in Expression Blend 2 Preview. Microsoft has introduced Microsoft® Expression® Media Encoder. It is useful when we are working with video.

3. [Optional] Do one of the following:
   • Install Visual Studio 2005 Express for developing JavaScriptSilverlight-based applications.
   • Install Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1 for developing managedSilverlight-based applications.
   • Install Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1.

Please note: information about pre-release versions of Expression products is subject to change.

^* After installing Expression Blend 2 May Preview, you will be prompted to enter a product key. To get a full 180-day trial Please enter the following product key: J9RVG-FJM6D-2Q9HC-296MR-PHC2M.

Prerequisites for silverlight web applications on Windows XP

 

We will need a Windows Live ID to download this silverlight runtime. If you do not have a Windows Live ID, you can create new windows Live Id at Windows Live Id before starting download.

1. Install .NET Framework 3.0 first before starting installation of Expression Blend 2
2. Install a version of Silverlight:
• Silverlight 1.0 Beta for WindowsSilverlight 1.0 Beta for MacSilverlight 1.1 Alpha for WindowsSilverlight 1.1 Alpha for Mac
3. Install Expression Blend 2 May Preview^* (25.5 MB)
4. [Optional] Do one of the following:
   • Install Visual Studio 2005 Express for developing JavaScriptSilverlight-based applications.
   • Install Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1 for developing managedSilverlight-based applications.
   • Install Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1.

^{* After installing Expression Blend 2 May Preview, you will be prompted to enter a product key. Please enter the following key to get a full 180-day trial: J9RVG-FJM6D-2Q9HC-296MR-PHC2M.}

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Microsoft Expression Blend System Requirements

Operating System

• Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Minimum System

• Intel® Pentium® or AMD processor, 1 GHz with MMX or equivalent
• 512 MB of RAM
• 350 MB available hard disk space
• Graphics processor that is DirectX® 9-capable
• 1024 x 768 monitor resolution with 24-bit color

Recommended System

• Intel Pentium or AMD processor, 2 GHz with MMX or equivalent
• 1 GB of RAM
• Microsoft DirectX® 9.0-capable video card with 256 MB or more of memory -- for example, ATI Radeon® X300 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ 5600 class equivalent or better.
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