Re: To Wes/Others, was: Re: How get *MANUAL* XP Updates?

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From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/28/05


Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:16:18 -0700

frank,

Uninstall .NET Framework. You can reinstall it later or get a newer version
if you really want it. Uninstall instructions later in this post.

Go here...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b93356b1-ba43-480f-983d-eb19368f9047&displaylang=en

Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP
5.1 (KB842773)

This software updates the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to
v2.0 and updates WinHTTP. These updates help ensure an optimal download
experience with future versions of Automatic Updates, Windows Update, and
other programs that rely on BITS to transfer files using idle network
bandwidth.

Instructions
This download is available running genuine Microsoft Windows. Click Continue
in the Validation Recommended section above to begin the short validation
process. Once validated, you will be returned to this page with specific
instructions for obtaining the download.

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[[Error:
.NET Framework Initialization Error: C:\WINDOWS\ Microsoft.NET\Framework\v
1.1.4322\Mscorwks.dll could not be loaded

Translation:
Microsoft’s .NET Framework is software designed to help PCs connect to one
another, and many programs rely on it. If something goes wrong with your
.NET installation, you’ll have trouble. Each version of the .NET Framework
is largely incompatible with the last, so this is a rare case where
upgrading isn’t necessarily a good idea.

Solution:
If this error happens on a home PC and you know you don’t need the .NET
Framework installed, click Start, expand Settings, click Control Panel, and
double-click Add/Remove Programs. In Windows XP click Start and Control
Panel and double-click Add Or Remove Programs. Scroll down the list until
you find the entry for the .NET Framework and uninstall it. If an important
program on your PC requires the .NET Framework in order to run, visit
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework and download the necessary version.
To find older versions, such as 1.0, expand the Previous Versions link on
the left, expand the entry for the version you want to download, and click
Technology Updates. Links appear that let you download the software and any
necessary Service Packs.]]

http://www.smartcomputing.com/techsupport/detail.aspx?guid=&ErrorID=22283

-- 
Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:1106857979.367578.193980@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
lbrty4us@aol.com <lbrty4us@aol.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>> Frank,
>>
>> We may be able to fix some things, but it sounds like you have a lot
>> of messed up items.
>>
>> I have not answered all of your questions.  Lets take a few things
>> at a time.  :-)
>>
>> Did you use Advanced Search to search for Hidden Or System Files?
>
> Of course I did. ;-)
>
> While I'm checking thru the items you've suggested, wish to clarify
> that only a few issues are involved, I've just hoped to err on the
> side of being informative at the outset by describing anything else
> note that may/may not bear on them.  A lot of text can appear to
> wrongly increase the scope of a situ.  I've not hoped to take us down
> other rabbit trails by so typing.
>
> I've referred to the missing "Microsft" directory because it is the
> path of the cited error & missing file.  I've not mistaken it for a
> Windows directory or subdirectory.  It's likely this directory was
> originally installed by .NET Framework and/or an update to same as
> that's what its remnants are full of.  I doubt I've ever needed this
> add-on, nor have I ever manually set it up or invoked it - I have only
> one minor app which requires it (a custom install utility) that I
> could live without.  It's quizzical why a file or files from it are
> suddenly being called while clicking on Help items, but it's not some
> major problem.  If this whole sidetrack is irrelevant to what we are
> purusuing, then I couldn't care less whether I have .Net Framework or
> whatever else may have resided in the "Microsoft" directory
> (apparently it actually existed) or not.  ;-)  In this context, the
> .NET Framework error is just a new annoyance I'd like to get rid of.
> Hope this simplifies somewhat.
>
> If of any further clarification, my only use/need of XP is on a
> standalone laptop for wireless or wired DHCP-assigned i-net access,
> some dialup, and light-duty audio & video production.  So there are
> already many unnecessary local services I disable or put on manual,
> Wes.  BITS was one of these, as it proved to greatly slow down startup
> after boot is completed on this machine.
>
> ISTM we have an obvious issue with missing reg items related to BITS,
> as per my last.  I.e., the inability to unload & reload those keys you
> listed, if they are essential to BITS.  I'll go through/perform the
> rest of what you've kindly posted, & report.  TY for the clarification
> of the BITS update.
>
> BstRgds,
> frank


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