The question really is that the beginning asp.net w/vb.net assumes no 
installation of vs.net and therefore tells to download .net/asp.net etc.

Big concern:
I have a full install of vs.net pro.  I hope the book exercises, using 
browser addresses, will work, using WROX's requirement of writing in 
notepad.exe, but "finding" my existing installation of vs.net pro.  I 
would have assumed that we would always use the IDE that we have purchased 
to learn these languages.  The vb.net book does.

The class browser example will not run from the example in ch 2, nor on 
the gotdotnet website.  I do not have the samples directory mentioned on 
the 
site and there does not seem to be a dl link except for getting the 
entire .net framework.

What do I need/where do I download these samples mentioned in ch2 (p60)?

Relatedly, the punctual.aspx exercise wouldn't run either, after I created 
the necessary virtual web site under Default Web Site, with an alias to my 
local c: drive to point to my content for the exercise.

Since that time, my webmaster blew IIS off the server (that's another 
story) and intends to reinstall it.  I also think that will cause a 
problem with my vs.net pro installation, since the good book says that the 
install of vs.net automatically "configures" iis to use the .aspx 
extension and the aspnet...dll.

Any ideas?