<MsOsWin@anon.com> wrote in message news:Xns98447C59E2544M@207.46.248.16...
>i see the downloadable 1.1 is march 2004. i bought xp sp2 (complete fresh
>install, no
> upgrade detritus). approx Oct 2004, IIRC
>
> no chance that i'd recall choices i may have made during install. but i've
> since assumed
> that dotnet is part of xpsp2. yes?
>
> investigating this computer based on quick scan of messages in this ng:
> 1 my computer doesn't have the expected
> \windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework
> 2 and file search in \windows\ folder doesn't find dotnet filenames.
>
> so maybe someone could quickly confirm that i likely don't have any
> dotnet.
>
> would be good to know before i potentially break something when i install
> the downloaded
> dotnetfx 1.1
>
> thanks...
>
>
> ____________________
> a little further background: first-time startup of newly installed
> software gives error message
> that implies dotnet problem AND software makers page has general errors
> comment that
> includes link to dotnet 1.1.
>
>
> _____________________
> dotnetfx 1.1
> from
> "Download details .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package"
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-
> 034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en
> Version: 1.1
> Date Published: 3/30/2004
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/c/aac39226-8825-44ce-90e3-
> bf8203e74006/dotnetfx.exe

> XP doesn't come with the framework. I think it's on the SP2 CD but it
> doesn't get installed.