Broida (spamless)
11/18/2006 2:01:00 AM
I dug around and it looks like .NET Framework versions
don't supercede other versions. They can all live
happily together, and each application uses the version
it requires.
So my post below is sufficiently answered. Thanks for
reading it, anyway. :)
I'll post some VisualStudio questions in other groups.
Mike
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:36:44 -0600, Broida (spamless) <Broida@charter.not.net> wrote:
> Hi!
> On my WinXP Pro (SP2) system, Add/Remove Programs shows
> these entries for the .NET Framework:
>
> -Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
> -Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB886903)
> -Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
> - Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB922770)
> - Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB917283)
>
> I'm sure either:
> a) the system came with 1.1,
> b) 1.1 was part of SP2,
> or c) I installed 1.1 from Windows Update.
> Then I installed the 1.1 Hotfix when it showed up.
> THEN I installed 2.0 when it appeared, followed by the
> security updates as they appeared.
>
> (I'm pretty sure the 2.0 install instructions didn't say
> to uninstall 1.1 first. Maybe I missed that.)
>
> I have VisualStudio 6.0 Enterprise Edition and Office XP
> Developer edition installed here, if that makes any
> difference. (I'm looking at the ExpressEditions to
> upgrade VisualStudio, but want to keep the old one, too.)
>
> My questions are:
> 1) does 2.0 -require- any/all of the 1.1 stuff to be there?
> 2) is the above setup "normal"?
> 3) if not normal, what is the best solution? uninstall ALL
> versions and re-install only version 2.0 + updates?
> 3a) Would uninstalling all versions make WindowsXPPro barf
> and prevent installing 2.0? I realize .NET stuff
> would not work until some version is reinstalled,
> but would the OS itself fail without any .NET?
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
>