Not a question: I was trying to install IRTrans on a new install of Windows 7 but it reported I had to install Visual C++ 8 manually from windows update. I did a quick internet search for Visual C++ 8 and got back Visual C++ 2008. I installed that and tried installing IRtrans but it still reported I needed Visual C++ 8. A little more looking around and i found that "version 8" of Visual C++ is labeled as 2005. The following links are to microsoft's website to download Visual C++ 2005:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=EB4EBE2D-33C0-4A47-9DD4-B9A6D7BD44DA&displaylang=en for x64 windows
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en for x86 windows