Critical Update for SP2

[ALICE]

I just loaded SP2 from CD and went to Critical Updates
page and see one Critical Update, which is: "Microsoft NET
Framework 1.1 SP1" 10MB 15MIN...
Should everyone download (and install) this Critical
Update?
We never heard of Framework and don't believe we use it.
Or, should we just download it to be on the 'safe-side?'
Has anyone else downloaded it?
We are a bit hesitant. Thank you much.
Alice

 

[Kenny]

I have no idea what it's for either and only installed it because Drive
Image wouldn't install without it. It messed up my user accounts.

 

[Sandy]

-----Original Message-----
I just loaded SP2 from CD and went to Critical Updates
page and see one Critical Update, which is: "Microsoft NET
Framework 1.1 SP1" 10MB 15MIN...
Should everyone download (and install) this Critical
Update?
We never heard of Framework and don't believe we use it.
Or, should we just download it to be on the 'safe-side?'
Has anyone else downloaded it?
We are a bit hesitant. Thank you much.
Alice
.You would have been better off if you had never even

donloaded SP2 to begin with! It is so fullof bugs that
you will have problems that get worse EVERYDAY!! At least
until they[Microsoft] get all the bugs worked out of it.

 

[Robert Blackwell]

"It is so fullof bugs that you will have problems that get worse EVERYDAY!!"

LAWL - you people are so funny.

 

[Joel Rubin]

I just loaded SP2 from CD and went to Critical Updates
page and see one Critical Update, which is: "Microsoft NET
Framework 1.1 SP1" 10MB 15MIN...
Should everyone download (and install) this Critical
Update?
We never heard of Framework and don't believe we use it.
Or, should we just download it to be on the 'safe-side?'
Has anyone else downloaded it?

As I understand it, it is a runtime for a programmer's tool. You only
need .NET Framework if a program asks for it.

If Windows Update is telling you that a .NET Framework service pack is
a critical update I assume that means that:

a) You DID install .NET Framework

b) You now need the service pack because the original .NET Framework
has some vulnerability.

 

[TOM]

What are you going to do now? What are "user accounts"
please?

 

[Barry Watzman]

..Net Framework is an applications development environment for people
writing software.

End users need the "runtime" package that supports it if they are
running any software -- even only one program -- that was written with it.

There are now so many products being written with it that, in my view,
it's become a nearly mandatory operating systems component. The
products being written with it include the software driver packages for
most HP printers, many Symantec products, and the latest version of
Drive Image (which happens to have been bought by Symantec, but this
predates that), among many others.

If Windows update says that you need it, this implies that .NET
Framework is, in fact, installed on your system. Note, installation of
most products that use it (for example, recent printer drivers for many
HP printers) will automatically install .NET Framework as part of their
own installation (unless it's already present).

I'd say that if you see it in critical updates, yes, you should install it.

..NET Framework adds a user account for a software accessible "phantom"
user. This shouldn't really "mess up" user accounts, but it will mean
that every computer on which it is installed will have multiple users,
and therefore will require user login when, perhaps, it didn't previously.

 

[Rock]

I just loaded SP2 from CD and went to Critical Updates
page and see one Critical Update, which is: "Microsoft NET
Framework 1.1 SP1" 10MB 15MIN...
Should everyone download (and install) this Critical
Update?
We never heard of Framework and don't believe we use it.
Or, should we just download it to be on the 'safe-side?'
Has anyone else downloaded it?
We are a bit hesitant. Thank you much.
Alice

Certain programs require the .Net framework, though right now they are
few. The only one I have that requires it is Drive Image 7. If you
don't have any that specifically require it then you can disregard.
Note that the .Net Framework will be used more frequently in future.

 

[Rock]

I have no idea what it's for either and only installed it because Drive
Image wouldn't install without it. It messed up my user accounts.

It did't really mess up the user accounts. It created another one,
which then with the presence of more than one account invoked the user
login screen which is easy to remove if you want to go back to an "auto
logon".

 

[Lou]

Purchased 2 systems from Dell, one about a year ago, the other
recently. Both XP SP1. Both had .Net Framework installed. Neither
had the phantom user account. Upgraded to XP SP2 on both systems and
still no phantom account. Installed new critical update to .Net
Framework and still no phantom user account.Booted in safe mode and
still no phantom user account.

Any ideas? Something wrong? Should I do anything?

Lou

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You don't need the Update patch unless you have Microsoft NET Framework
1.installed. You don't need Microsoft NET Framework 1.1 installed unless you
have an application that requires the .NET Framework.

 

[Guest]

Purchased 2 systems from Dell, one about a year ago, the other
recently. Both XP SP1. Both had .Net Framework installed. Neither
had the phantom user account. Upgraded to XP SP2 on both systems and
still no phantom account. Installed new critical update to .Net
Framework and still no phantom user account.Booted in safe mode and
still no phantom user account.

Any ideas? Something wrong? Should I do anything?

Lou

Hi Lou,
The dotnet framework update should create a password protected "limited
account" called asp.net This account is has limited access to your system
for security reasons.Why you do not have it is a ?

 

[Bob Harris]

"NET" is a programming language or environment. It is actractive to code
developers because many subroutines are freely distributed by Microsoft, and
already on many PCs. Thus, new code can be made fast, and is very small to
download. The update from MS is to improve/fix those free subroutines that
are already on your PC.

Of course, if you have no programs that use .NET, then it really does not
matter. But, they are becoming more common, even among things that are
freely available for downloading.

..NET is independent of XP SP-2. This update would likely have been needed
if you stayed with SP-1. All MS products eventually have security-related
updates, even WORD, EXCEL, etc. It pays to check. However, XP Update does
NOT check for all of these, only some of them.

When MS calls something a "critical update" when there is some security
overtone, so, yes, you want to update the .NET Framework.