Microsoft .NET Framework

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Noticed a number of software programs require Microsoft .NET Framework .
Would someone please tell me how to check if it is installed?

TIA
Vic
 
Vic said:
Noticed a number of software programs require Microsoft .NET Framework .
Would someone please tell me how to check if it is installed?

TIA
Vic
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Control Panel-Add/Remove programs.....
 
Thanks Gordon!

Did not see .NET listed in the installed programs list so that leads to
another question. Does .NET framework add files which will always be
loaded into memory, thus consuming it, or is it software that is only
loaded 'on demand'?

Reason I ask is this PC is an old 550mhz AMD with 384MB memory so I need
to be very careful what is installed (and or loads into memory at
startup) to have reasonable performance.

Thanks
Vic
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When you run Windows update it would download versions 1.1 and 2 if you
don't have them installed. There is also a new version 3 but I don't know if
it is used yet. I don't think it has anything to do with memory and wouldn't
slow down an older computer.

Frank
 
And to answer Vic's next question ("Do you need both versions?"),
the answer is "Maybe". Version 2.0 is supposed to be backward
compatible for apps written for version 1.1, but apps can also
explicitly specify which version it must be run with. So to be sure
that you can run all apps that require .NET Framework, you
should have all the versions.

*TimDaniels*
 
FrankV said:
When you run Windows update it would download versions 1.1 and 2 if you
don't have them installed.
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But only if you select Custom - .NET is not an "ordinary" Windows update....
 
Noticed a number of software programs require Microsoft .NET Framework .
Would someone please tell me how to check if it is installed?
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The real question is, do you have any apps that require .Net? If not don't
install it. If so, then that app will complain if .Net is needed, and some
include the .Net version they need on the installation CD and offer to
install it when the app is installed.
 
Vic said:
Noticed a number of software programs require Microsoft .NET
Framework . Would someone please tell me how to check if it is
installed?
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Over and above Gordon's answer, note that there is more than one version of
the .net framework, and in general they do not substitute for each other.
You normally need the correct version to match the particular program you
are trying to run.

So you should have .net framework 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0 all installed.
 
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