Visual studio 2010 installation to use silverlight application

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I have to learn working on Silver light application of VS2010. I have never used Visual Studio before. When I try to install VS 2010 from this location. It gives an error that "Setup has detected that this computer doen't meet the requirement to install this software The following blocking issues must be resolved before you can install Microsoft VS2010 service pack 1." and inside the menu I have

Installation Requirements:

A compatible version of Visual Studio 2010 was not detected on the system. This update is designed for only the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

I have installed nothing prior to this VS 2010 installation unsuccessful try.

Could any one please answer following questions ?

  1. What should i install prior to this vs 2010 installation ?

  2. Currently i have checked in "Uninstall a program of Window 7" I have nothing installed like SDKs etc.I even don't what is it used for ?Why do we need it ?

  3. Actually if VS 2010 is installed successfully then i have to work on silver light using c# and xaml. Could anyone please suggest me appropriate version installation according to my work ? Thanks in advance foe all this help.

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The download link you've downloaded is only the service pack, not the full product. You first need to download Visual Studio 2010 RTM. You either need to download Visual Studio Professional from MSDN Subscriptions (or install it from media) or use the Visual Web Developer 2010 Express edition, then install Service Pack 1 and the Silverlight Tools.

I hope you are aware that Silverlight is a Deprecated technology and will not be further invested in in future version of Visual Studio.