Prior to building for the 1st time there are some prerequisites that you will need to configure
 
+5.) Install Visual Studio.
+*:Visual Studio 2010. (UW Madison staff can use MSDNAA: http://msdn04.e-academy.com/wiscmad_cs ; contact the CSL lab for an account if you don't have one)
+*:Visual Studio Express (Free to anyone) https://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
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 6.) Install perl if not already on your machine
 
 *:http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads
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 8.) Install the .NET 2.0 redistributable (May not be necessary if already installed. May be installed by default on Vista and later?)
 *:https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en
 
-7.) Install the lastest platform SDK and reopen the solution
+7.) Install the lastest platform SDK and reopen the solution. (Depends on .NET 2.0)
 
 *:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924
 
-8.) Download and install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine
+8.) Download and install WiX 3.0 on your windows machine (Depends on Visual Studio)
 
 *:http://wix.codeplex.com/