Thanks Aaron,
Downloaded via Firefox, though does take a long time to load the page, have used the Microsoft press downloads before and it's always like that, but it's completely spam free here so that's OK.
One thing to note is that the VB book loads without the PDF toolbar so I had to use CTRL-S to save the file.
The live ID is a useful thing to have and I have found it to be totally controllable - if you read what your clicking you can always select to receive any further mailings or not.