Asp.net & dot.net 2.0

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Would somebody kindly explain to be the difference between these two. I
occasionally run an application that requires dot.net. Could I set the
SERVICE to "Manual" and be okay?

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Would somebody kindly explain to be the difference between these two.
I occasionally run an application that requires dot.net. Could I set
the SERVICE to "Manual" and be okay?
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Dot Net is a particular programming and code execution environment. ASP.Net
refers to how this is manifested for web server applications.

What service are you referring to? The ASP.Net State Service should already
be manual if it isn't being used. If it isn't set to manual, then you need
to figure out what changed it and why in order to know whether or not you
can set it back to manual.

If you're talking about a different service then what service?

Regards
Rob
 
Hi Rob. I updated a computer that hadn't been updated for 2 years. It's a
Sony Vaio laptop, and WGA installed a couple of years ago then reported the
software as fake. I was furious! I gather Sony & MS don't always play nice
together.

I installed Shavlik's updating system on it and spent a dozen hours
downloading and installing updates and service packs. Upon first connecting
to Shavlik, Shavlik downloaded and installed dot.net. Fine. One of the
updates was for asp.net. Since then, it's been set to automatic, and the
logon has appeared on the Welcome screen.

I do not run a server, but at school, I connect to the network via wireless.
I would like to eventually network my three computers here at home.

I think Shavlik is the only application that currentlly neets dot.net. I
don't know of anything that needs asp.net.

Does that help you to help me?

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Hi Rob. I updated a computer that hadn't been updated for 2 years. It's a
Sony Vaio laptop, and WGA installed a couple of years ago then
reported the software as fake. I was furious! I gather Sony & MS
don't always play nice together.
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To be honest, WGA is fraught with problems and this was probably an honest
mistake on the part of the MS software, rather than anything else!
I installed Shavlik's updating system on it and spent a dozen hours
downloading and installing updates and service packs. Upon first
connecting to Shavlik, Shavlik downloaded and installed dot.net. Fine.
One of the updates was for asp.net. Since then, it's been set
to automatic, and the logon has appeared on the Welcome screen.

I do not run a server, but at school, I connect to the network via
wireless. I would like to eventually network my three computers here
at home.
I think Shavlik is the only application that currentlly neets
dot.net. I don't know of anything that needs asp.net.

Does that help you to help me?
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Yup. You should be fine to switch the service to manual. If the Shavlik
software complains turn it back to automatic. Don't disable it - any well
behaved software that wants a service should be able to start it up if it
needs it when the service is set to manual, so this is a good compromise
between not wanting too much stuff running at once and the need to have
things like this working when needed.

More and more things are going to require .net frameworks, so you may find
it getting more updates and more use over time.

rob
 
Thank you Rob, for the advice and the confirmation of what I've thought all
along -- that WGA thing is a disaster, from both a technology and a PR
standpoint.

Is there a quick one-paragraph description of just what dot.NET framework
is? Is it like another operating system?
 
Thank you Rob, for the advice and the confirmation of what I've
thought all along -- that WGA thing is a disaster, from both a
technology and a PR standpoint.

Is there a quick one-paragraph description of just what dot.NET
framework is? Is it like another operating system?
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I can't find a quick description of it online from the point of view of
someone that just uses a computer with it on. It's not an operating system,
it's an extention to the operating system that makes it easier for
developers to produce software. You can think of it as being roughly like
Sun's JAVA, though I'm not sure that will make things clearer or not!
 
Thanks, Robert,
I kind of understand. It's like another language that let's you say
things you couldn't express in the first language.
 
Thanks, Robert,
I kind of understand. It's like another language that let's you
say things you couldn't express in the first language.
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I shall have to remember that, it isn't a bad way of putting it actually!

Rob
 
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