MS .NET

[DavidJ726]

Is there a way to determineif there are any applications using or relying on
the .NET framework on my PC? (XP W/SP2)

And a subsequent question which may be related to .NET, is how do I keep the
user login screen being displayed after the PC resumes from the screensaver
mode? The only other time it used to ask for a user to log in was when I
had a need and an application using the .NET framework. I don't think
that's the case now, but I'm not sure. Seeing as how I'm the only one on
this PC, I don't need to be asked who needs to log in after resuming from a
screen saver mode.

I've also been having some strange system crashes lately, and the PC fails
to "wake up" even though the power settings are set to never hibernate and
never go into standby mode. The monitor goes off after 1 hour and the hard
disks after 3 hours.

Thanks,

David...

 

[DavidJ726]

Well to partially answer my own question, I think some of my problems
*might* have been due to having 2 versions of .NET installed. I made an
assumption back when recently installed quickbooks, that it was going to
overwrite my existing 1.0 version of .NET with the 1.1. It didn't, and I
had two versions installed. After discovering that and uninstalling the
older one, I haven't had any problems. Then I found the answer to my
question about the welcome screen & logging in at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm.

I'd still like to know if there's a way to determine what applications rely
on the .NET framework. I know when a product is installed might specify if
it needs it, but I don't always remember these things. It seemed to be an
obscure product, but it seems to be more and more utilized. I know
Quickbooks needs it, so does DriveImage by (the former) PowerQuest, and I'm
not sure 'cause I've uninstalled it, but I think Spysweeper from WebRoot
needed it?

David...