I am thinking of buying visual basic .net standard, but I have read that a minimum requirement for visual basic .net standard is that one must have access to a windows web server running .net. Is this true. All I want to do is experiment a little to see if I might like programming visual basic .net. I am an experienced Access 97 developer. I also have Access XP on my computer. Could I develop using VB .net standard against the MSDE? Thanks.