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Just grabbed my old Netduino Plus Gen 1 and wanted to use it but it's quit challenging to find information of how to this in a modern setup.
Installing the .NET Micro Framework SDK v4.2 from the the downloads page does not work because it requires Visual Studio 2010.
After a bit of trial-and-error her is what finally worked for me:

1. Browse to netduino.com/downloads and download and install in the given order this from the "netduino 3, netduino 2 and go" section:
   1. .NET Micro Framework SDK v4.3
   2. Netduino SDK v4.3.2.1
   3. Netduino Legacy Templates Not available anymore
2. Run MFDeploy.exe to verify that you can Ping your device and press "Ctrl + Shift + C "to check that you have the latest firmware (v4.2.0.1, upgrade if you don't have it):
    
3. Run Visual Studio 2015, open the Extension Manager, install ".NET Micro Framework Project System" and restart your IDE.
4. You should now have the right project templates available and are ready to go:
   

1. Download and extract "dedicatedserver3339-bonuspack.zip"
2. Download "ut2004-win64-3369.zip" and extract to the same directory as the server files
3. Download "Win32-3369CrashFix.zip" and extract it to the "System" server directory
4. Change your "RunServer.bat" to use "ucc-win64.exe" instant of "ucc.exe"
5. Run it with your config and...
   you may end up with an error like this:

   Log: Log file open, 06/06/14 23:16:42
   Init: Name subsystem initialized
   Init: Detected: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2 (Build: 9200)
   Init: Version: 3369 (128.29)
   Init: Compiled: Dec  5 2005 03:55:07
   Init: Command line: DM-1on1-Aerowalk?game=XGame.xDeathMatch ini=UT2004.ini log=server.log -lanplay
   Init: (This is Win64 patch version 3369.0)
   Init: Character set: Unicode
   Init: Base directory: C:\dedicatedserver3339\System\
   Init: Ini:UT2004.ini   UserIni:User.ini
   Init: Build label:  Build UT2004_Build_[2004-11-11_10.48]
   Init: Object subsystem initialized
   Log: Executing Class Engine.ServerCommandlet
   Log: Browse: DM-1on1-Aerowalk?Name=Player?Class=Engine.Pawn?Character=Jakob?team=255?game=XGame.xDeathMatch
   Log: Collecting garbage
   Log: Purging garbage
   Log: Garbage: objects: 34709->34701; refs: 390366
   Log: Game class is 'xDeathMatch'
   Log: VERIFY: Class AMasterServerUplink size problem; Script=1712 C++=1744
   Critical: IpDrv C++/UnrealScript class size mismatch
   Exit: Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
   Critical: InitSockets
   Critical: UTcpNetDriver::UTcpNetDriver
   Critical: UTcpNetDriver::InitListen
   Critical: ULevel::Listen
   Critical: Listen
   Critical: UGameEngine::LoadMap
   Critical: LocalMapURL
   Critical: UGameEngine::Browse
   Critical: UGameEngine::Init
   Critical: UServerCommandlet::Main
   Exit: Exiting.
   Log: FileManager: Reading 0 GByte 40 MByte 985 KByte 902 Bytes from HD took 0.153000 seconds (0.138000 reading, 0.015000 seeking).
   Log: FileManager: 0.017000 seconds spent with misc. duties
   Uninitialized: Name subsystem shut down
   Uninitialized: Log file closed, 06/06/14 23:16:44

6. To fix this copy the files
   
   • System\IpDrv.dll
   • System\IpDrv.int
   • System\IpDrv.u
   from a full UT2004 installation into the server "System" directory and overwrite the old ones
7. Now execute "RunServer.bat" again, he should now start normally.
   Happy fracking ^^

This little helper method create a Enum bit field of the requested Type and ignore invalid values and lower/upper case:

public static T ListToEnumFlags<T>(List<string> enumFlagsAsList) where T : struct
{
	if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
		throw new NotSupportedException(typeof(T).Name + " is not an Enum");
	T flags;
	enumFlagsAsList.RemoveAll(c => !Enum.TryParse(c, true, out flags));
	var commaSeparatedFlags = string.Join(",", enumFlagsAsList);
	Enum.TryParse(commaSeparatedFlags, true, out flags);
	return flags;
}

Sample usage:

[Test]
public void ConvertListToEnumFlags()
{
	var stringFlags = new List<string> { "read", "Write", "invalid" };
	var permissions = ListToEnumFlags<Permission>(stringFlags);
	Assert.AreEqual(Permission.Read | Permission.Write, permissions);
}

[Flags]
public enum Permission
{
	Read = 1,
	Write = 2,
	Delete = 4
}

A quick tutorial how you can compile the valac compiler on Windows 8.1 to compile and run Vala programs.

1. Download MinGW-builds from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/
2. Run "mingw-builds-install.exe", select "x32" as Architecture, "win32" as Threads and "sjlj" as Exception:

   

3. Continue installation, I placed my to "C:\mingw-builds"
4. Download the latest "external-binary-packages" from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/external-binary-packages/ and copy the "msys" directory to "C:\mingw-builds\mingw32"
5. Open "‪C:\mingw-builds\mingw32\msys\etc\fstab" with Notepad++ and add the line "C:\mingw-builds\mingw32 /mingw".
6. Download the Win32 GTK+ "all-in-one bundle" from http://www.gtk.org/download/win32.php and extract it's content to "C:\mingw-builds\mingw32".
7. Create a new shortcut, e.g. on the Desktop and set the location to "C:\mingw-builds\mingw32\msys\bin\mintty.exe /bin/bash -l" in order to get a nice shell.
8. Download the latest source tarball from https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/Release and extract it to "C:\mingw-builds\mingw32\msys\home\{Your Username}".
9. Run the Mintty shortcut you created in step 7 and switch with "cd" to the vala source directory.
10. Now you should be able to run the fallowing three commands without any issues:

    ./configure --prefix=/mingw --host=i686-w64-mingw32
    make
    make install

11. Run "valac" to see if it works:

    $ valac --version
    Vala 0.22.1

12. Go to "Control Panel\System and Security\System" -> "Advanced system settings" ->  "Environment Variables" and add this to your "Path" system variable:

    C:\mingw-builds\mingw32\bin

13. Create somewhere a file called "hello.vala" and paste in this:

    using Gtk;
    
    int main (string[] args) {
        Gtk.init (ref args);
    
        var window = new Window ();
        window.title = "First GTK+ Program";
        window.border_width = 10;
        window.window_position = WindowPosition.CENTER;
        window.set_default_size (350, 70);
        window.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);
    
        var button = new Button.with_label ("Click me!");
        button.clicked.connect (() => {
            button.label = "Thank you";
        });
    
        window.add (button);
        window.show_all ();
    
        Gtk.main ();
        return 0;
    }

14. Open a normal Windows CMD, cd to the location of the file and run "valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 -X -mwindows hello.vala"
15. Execute the compiled "hello.exe", you should see your first Vala GTK+ window, congratulation :

    

Here a quick tutorial how to run Pyload as a Service under Windows Server 2012 (should also work with Windows 2000 or later):

1. Download NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager and extract it to a permanent location.
2. Open a command propmt as Administrator and run "nssm.exe install Pyload"
3. A new window pops up and you have to select the "pyLoadCore.exe" as Application
4. Click "Install service" and start it via "services.msc":