Minimal installation of Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 (2010) SP1

Note that this installation does not include the Visual Studio IDE, help, tools, etc. Only
the build system, compilers, headers, and libraries will be installed.

1. Get the Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4:

   http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8442

2. From the SDK, install at least the headers and libraries, but do not install the compilers.
   The headers and libraries will be installed for the x86, x64, and IA64 platforms. To keep the
   installation self-contained, and for for consistency with Visual Studio, one may install to
   %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\SDK rather than the default location.

3. Get the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1:

   http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4422

4. Install the Compiler Update. This will install x86, x64, and IA64 compilers.

5. If support for the IA64 platform is not required, one can remove the IA64 compiler via Add/Remove
   Programs (if present there) and then simply delete all of the directories installed by either the
   SDK or the Compiler Update that contain IA64-specific files. (Note that the Compiler Update will
   install the x86-hosted IA64 cross-compiler along with the x86 compiler even if the IA64 compiler
   itself is not installed.) The directories to delete can easily be identified since they all have
   "IA64" as part of the name. This saves about 200MB of space. Note that apart from the main
   installation directory, some (small) files are also installed into %ProgramFiles(x86)%\MSBuild,
   including some for IA64 in MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\IA64.

5. After installing, it is recommended to run Microsoft Update in case any patches are required.