Is Visual Studio 2005 compatible with windows 8.1 64 bit?

Question

I haven't tried installing it either on windows 8.

I need to modify a program which uses a crystal report 2005 (w/c i think is included on the vs2005 professional installer)

Answer 1

It should work just fine after installing the required service packs and patches:

• Visual Studio 2005
• Visual Studio 2005 SP1
• Visual Studio 2005 Update for Vista

If you are connecting to TFS to get the sources, you might need to install more, see this blog post for details.