Microsoft .NET problem on an xp machine

spook1210

Hello

A while ago my XP desktop developed a serious fault and I ended up having to reinstall windows.

Since then whenever I've tried to do certain things I would get a warning message that I needed Microsoft .NET v2 or higher. I know that that was installed but it appeared to be damaged and would only recognise v1.something

I finally got around to tackling it today and I've deleted v2 that wasn't working (after trying to repair it) and tried reinstalling but the installation kept failing. After much searching of Microsoft's support pages I tried installing v3.5 but that failed repeatedly too. As a last resort I completely uninstalled .NET and tried to reinstall but yet again it fails during the installation process.

Can anyone assist?

dogmaryxx

I had similar problem and this is official advice given to me by e-mail from Microsoft

Remove .NET Framework using removal tool

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1. Please download the tool from the following link:

http://cid-27e6a35d1a492af7.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Blog_Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip

Please Note: The third-party product discussed here is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

2. Please save the zip file (dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip) from the above link to the local Desktop and extract it.

3. Double click cleanup_tool.exe to run the tool.

4. Please follow the instructions given.

In the "Product to cleanup:" box, please select ".NET Framework - All versions".

5. Click "Cleanup Now" button.

Please reinstall .net framework programs:

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/7/567758a3-759e-473e-bf8f-52154438565a/dotnetfx.exe

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/8/c/08c19fa4-4c4f-4ffb-9d6c-150906578c9e/NetFx20SP1_x86.exe

Note: When the "File Download" window appears, please click "Save", and follow the directions to save the file on the Desktop. After downloading all the setup files, please double-click on each one to install them.

spook1210

Brilliant! That's done the trick :j

Thank you very much, I'vebeen tearing my hair out over this one :T