I think your problem probably has more to do with other applicaitons that
may rely on the Framework, than the framewok itself. Having the Framework
installed does not use any system resources, it's only when a .NET program
runs that the Framework is utilized.
I'd do a thourough virus scan/spyware scan and then a clean boot to see if
these elements of the Framework are still running. After that, I'd check my
system to ensure that perhaps there is a .NET program that is supposed to be
running, which would, of course require the Framework.
-Scott
"nigel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Apologies if this is to the wrong group; please direct me to a more
> appropriate place.
>
> I have .NET Framework 1.1 installed on this Windows XP Home PC. I've never
> used it.
>
> Two days ago following an automatic update, I had a horrendous time trying
> to boot up the PC. When I finally got in, there were TEN copies of
> mscorsvw.exe running. I looked it up and it seemed to be something to do
> with .NET Framework so this morning I decided to uninstall it.
>
> I got as far as "Configuring .NET Framework", 25 seconds remaining, where
> it stopped for a couple of hours. According to Task Manager my PC was 98%
> idle. I chose to cancel the uninstall, following which nothing seemed to
> happen.
>
> After another hour I rebooted. In add/remove programs there's a link to
> support information which said that my installation might be corrupt and I
> should download and run something called dotnetfix.exe. I downloaded it
> but when I tried to run it I got a message that a previous installation
> was already in progress.
>
> A search through Google revealed that I probably had msiexec.exe running.
> Actually I had three copies 'running', none of which were using any CPU
> time. I killed them and tried dotnetfix again. This time it started, came
> up with a configuring .NET Framework panel and reported that it couldn't
> run because a previous installation was incomplete and would I like to
> complete it - I selected yes.
>
> I now have four copies of msiexec.exe running, and two copies of
> RegSvcs.exe, none of which seem to be using any CPU.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas how I can get out of this mess and remove .NET
> Framework from my PC?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> NigelH
>
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