Re: .Net Framework 1.0 SP 3 & .Net Framework 1.1 SP1 Updates

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From: Dean H. Owens (dean_at_owenses.net)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:32:09 GMT

Hi!

Worked fine! All is well.

Thanks for helping,

Dean

"Usman" <captain_usman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23YBS1LtuEHA.2832@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dean,
> This is what the actual problem is. On most systems, this installer
> would no be present and where it is present, it is corrupted for I don't
> know what reasons.(That is why probably we are going through this hassle).
> Don't worry, proceed to the next section, it will manually
> uninstall/delete the remnants of dot net from your pc. Remember what you
> are doing here is
> 1) You are manually removing the dot net (which has been corrupted)
> from your system, and
> 2) You are installing it again afresh to enable the upgrades to install
> successfully.
>
>
> "Dean H. Owens" <dean@owenses.net> wrote in message
> news:vsRed.300$HA.64@attbi_s01...
>> Thank you for your post. This problem is also plaqueing me.
>> I followed your procedure and got to this point:
>>
>> KB 824643 - How to troubleshoot Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 installation
>> issues section "Mnually remove and then reinstall the .NET Framework 1.1"
>> item 1e. I have 5 lines to Uninstall. When I attempt to uninstall them
>> I get "Internal Error 2711. S867460". I was hesitant to go any farther.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> "Usman" <captain_usman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:udB6lITuEHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Well the problem has been long resolved, I did post the solution to
>>> different newsgroups, I had the same issue and somehow resolved it after
>>> visiting a couple of newsgroups and through my own experiments. I am
>>> pasting the contents of one of my posts that I posted a few days back in
>>> this newsgroup. Regarding the update successfully installing on windows
>>> 2000; the problem is not with the update but with sp2 which you must
>>> have installed before trying to upgrade .net. Do ask if there's any need
>>> for further clarification/help......Here is my post: -
>>>
>>> After encountering an update problem relating to both versions of
>>> Microsoft .net framework, I happened to visit windows update newsgroup
>>> and dotnet
>>> newsgroup and found every other person was having this problem.
>>> Incidentally this problem had happened with them after they had
>>> installed xp sp2. After a
>>> lot of browsing on Google and Microsoft knowledge base articles, I found
>>> the only solution to the problem was uninstalling both versions of .net
>>> and
>>> reinstalling them again. Interestingly sp2 had done enough damage to not
>>> allow repair of these programs. Now uninstall was another bigger
>>> problem,
>>> but thanks to the following knowledge base articles: -
>>>
>>> 1) Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 320112 --- For removing
>>> Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0.3705
>>> 2) Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 824643 --- For removing
>>> Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
>>>
>>> And then I got stuck on using Msizap.exe utility, which wanted me to
>>> download Microsoft Windows Installer Software Development Kit (SDK). I
>>> accordingly went to the site for the download but found out that it was
>>> a pretty big job as it included other compulsory downloads. I failed
>>> after
>>> numerous tries to download as the site didn't allow using any download
>>> managers and using dial-up for huge downloads is definitely a problem.
>>> And
>>> then I searched for Msizap.exe utility on the net after I found out that
>>> sp2 supported this tool. I found it here: -
>>>
>>> Referrer
>>> http://www.google.com.pk/search?q=cache:7Iu8UFkOULQJ:www.extorr.com/software.htm+download+Msizap.exe+&hl=en
>>>
>>> I then used it separately for both the versions of .net (as you can
>>> also find different commands for both versions in the above referred
>>> knowledge
>>> base articles)
>>>
>>> A reboot and again the installation failed (I was attempting install
>>> from the newly downloaded redistributables)
>>>
>>> And then I attempted a repair from the run command also mentioned in
>>> these knowledge base articles, after which, interestingly enough, the
>>> installs (both) succeeded.
>>>
>>> Another visit to the windows update site followed and the updates
>>> completed successfully. I am happy that I am out of this quagmire but I
>>> wonder how many other problems sp2 will unfold in future.
>>>
>>> For those who are prompted for the location of netfx.msi after trying
>>> to install .net, they can extract it from dotnetfx.exe and then browse
>>> to that
>>> location. To do this, download dotnetfx.exe or locate it on your local
>>> hard drive or a CD. Then, from a command prompt run the following:
>>> c:\dotnetfx.exe/t:c:\temp /c. You can substitute any folder you want
>>> for the "c:\temp" parameter. This will extract netfx.msi to c:\temp if
>>> dotnetfx.exe resides in c:\
>>>
>>> I hope this helps solve the problem of all those who have failed to
>>> update their .nets.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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