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I am completely new to the world of Xampp. I see on the website: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
it says "We've released the new version of XAMPP 1.8.1", which I want to download.

A little further down it says "PHP in this package needs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable package from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582. Please ensure that the VC++ 2008 runtime libraries are installed on your system."

I have 2 questions.
1) Does it matter which one I download first?

2) My Windows7 32-bit is newly installed and updated. In the Control Panel / Programs and Features, I see:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Can I then skip the part of installing this, since it already exists?

I see that on the bottom of that Microsoft page it states
"IMPORTANT: If you have installed previous pre-release versions of Visual C++ 2008 SP1 such as Beta 1 or Community Technical Preview (CTP) builds, then you must uninstall these versions via Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel before installing the final released version."

I am guessing that my package is not one of these and that I do not have to download this.

Any responses to my questions are greatly appreciated.

Since your installed version is the same as the 'file version' property of the SP1 DL, you are good to go...

9.0.30729.17

Good Luck

Thank you for a quick reply. I will be reading your tutorials.