[debate about what flavor, if any, of .NET Framework shipped with Windows
XP]
Mick said:
The OS XP Pro Service Pack 1 shipped Net 1.1
Um...are you referring to a Microsoft distribution, or an OEM customized
version? And in your experience is the .NET kit actually installed?
I'm asking since the Microsoft distribution of XPSP1 did include .NET 1.1 --
but nothing in the Microsoft installation process for the Service Pack
installed .NET on the user's machine. It amounted to a convenient way for
MS to distribute the .NET setup kit to the masses, but if someone needed it
they would have to go to the \DOTNETFX folder and run the setup program
themselves.
OTOH, there wasn't any reason why an OEM vendor might not install it through
its own installation process for SP2; some of the trialware and other
obnoxious advertising junk that infests OEM-build machines might require the
presence of .NET.
Joe Morris