If you have any problems installing the patch or find that
you still see compilation issues after you install it, you'll want to contact
Microsoft product support for assistance and they'll help debug it
further. Calls to Microsoft Product Support are free if they are related
to a product bug (either a QFE HotFix request or a product bug you are running
into). You can find details on how to contact Microsoft product support
on this page (it allows you to lookup the local phone
number to use by country).
Most versions of Visual Studio also come with free product
support tickets (for example: VS Pro with MSDN Premium comes with 4 support
tickets per subscription). You can use these support tickets for
getting help using .NET or Visual Studio (for example: to get help chasing
down a bug or performance problem in your own code, or to learn how to use
a particular feature in the framework or IDE).
There are some really, really phenomenal engineers in
Microsoft product support who are great to work with if you have
problems. Here are some fantastic blogs that I highly recommend
subscribing to from a few of them in the .NET Framework / Visual Studio
space:
Tess: http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/
Doug: http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/
Carlo: http://blogs.msdn.com/carloc/
Rahul: http://blogs.msdn.com/rahulso/
Jerry: http://blogs.msdn.com/jorman/
Johan: http://blogs.msdn.com/johan/
Todd: http://blogs.msdn.com/toddca/
If you ever run into a problem you can't figure out, or have
an issue with a production application that you want immediate help on, give
Microsoft product support a call and you'll have someone like the folks above
attach a debugger and help you figure out what is going on.
Thanks,
Scott