Getting NET Framework?

[Terry Pinnell]

For a program I downloaded called SharpReader (which will apparently
let me get into this 'RSS' stuff), I was told it also needed something
called Microsoft NET Framework 1.1. It told me to download it from the
Windows Update site http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

But after going to the site and first following the usual instructions
to download a few critical security updates), what next?
Is the list supposed to *include* NET Framework?

Anyway, then I used the search box and got to what seemed the right
page
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/
But that says:
"General Users: Install Through Windows Update
If you only want to run applications built using the .NET Framework
1.1, download the .NET Framework 1.1 from Microsoft Windows Update."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That link takes me full circle!

Any help would be appreciated please. I'm beginning to wonder whether
it's worth the effort... Do all RSS programs need this NET Framework
1.1?

 

[Malke]

For a program I downloaded called SharpReader (which will apparently
let me get into this 'RSS' stuff), I was told it also needed something
called Microsoft NET Framework 1.1. It told me to download it from the
Windows Update site http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

But after going to the site and first following the usual instructions
to download a few critical security updates), what next?
Is the list supposed to *include* NET Framework?

Anyway, then I used the search box and got to what seemed the right
page
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/
But that says:
"General Users: Install Through Windows Update
If you only want to run applications built using the .NET Framework
1.1, download the .NET Framework 1.1 from Microsoft Windows Update."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That link takes me full circle!

Any help would be appreciated please. I'm beginning to wonder whether
it's worth the effort... Do all RSS programs need this NET Framework
1.1?

Go back to Windows Update. Click on Custom Install. WU will do its scan.
After it finishes, look on the left side of the page and you'll see a
link for other non-critical updates. Take that and you'll find the link
to .NET. I'd wait a bit since the WU site is very overloaded right now
since new patches were issued yesterday.

Malke

 

[Chris Priede]

If you only want to run applications built using the .NET Framework
1.1, download the .NET Framework 1.1 from Microsoft Windows Update."

Or from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en

If you have trouble with the link, you can search for ".NET framework
redistributable".

Do all RSS programs need this NET Framework 1.1?

Probably not. However, SharpReader is nice and you are likely to sooner or
later encounter other software that needs the .NET framework, so it would be
a good idea to get it.

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Or from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en

If you have trouble with the link, you can search for ".NET framework
redistributable".


Probably not. However, SharpReader is nice and you are likely to sooner or
later encounter other software that needs the .NET framework, so it would be
a good idea to get it.

Thanks both. Now successfully downloaded.