Canopy installation problems, a solution for TIF? - installation

I've been starting with Python in Canopy Enthought for a little more than a month now. I'm struggling with installation at so many levels it drives me crazy.
I want to install modules to deal with tif files, in order to create multiimage tof, etc.
tifffile 0.4
PyLibTiff
I cannot get them through easy_install.
I tried pip install tifffile
I keep getting these errors:
error: Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition was found in your path, but
Visual Studio 2008 is required to build extension modules on a
64-bit platform.
Visual studio is installed, I installed a 2013 express version, then downloaded and installed 2008 too, nothing seems to work.
This is driving my crazy, and honestly I'm not sure I handle the basics of how python handle the different modules. Through different .zip packages, I ended with the tifffile code, I don't know where to put it. There is a .exe installer for PyLibTiff but I can't get it to work either.
If anybody can help, that would save the life of my computer, I feel like it's gonna learn to fly soon.
Thanks a lot !!
Dam.

You need Visual Studio 2008. Not Visual Studio Express 2008.

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http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/774158/re-installed-visual-studio-2010-and-c-standard-headers-are-missing
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