.NET Frame work 1.1 install problem

[Tim Johnson]

Hello,

I have a new Dell E-310 with XP-home media edition. One of the first
things I did when I put it on-line was get the latest Windows critical
updates. One of those was for .NET 1.1. This failed to install. After
poking around the MS knowledgebase, I found some instructions which told
me to uninstall 1.1, and reinstall it. I followed the instructions, but
now when I try to install 1.1 again using dotnetfx.exe, I get a pop-up
that says "Microsoft .NET Framework Setup cannot write to the setup log".

I have over 102 GB of free disk space, I tried disabling my firewall and
antivirus (after disconnecting from the net), but I always get this same
message. Using Add/Remove programs, I see that there is no .NET
installed. I've run RegScrubXP to clean the registry. Nothing seems to
get me past this cryptic message.

I appreciate all advice.

Thanks,

 

[VJ]

What you are not having is problem some privileges on certain directories...
Are you logged in as a Computer Administrator or Limited User? You can
create either one type of user by launching Control panel and clicking on
UserAccounts.. From there it should be obvious.. you can login as
administrator then and do the .NET install, all should be well.

VJ

 

[Tim Johnson]

What you are not having is problem some privileges on certain directories...
Are you logged in as a Computer Administrator or Limited User? You can
create either one type of user by launching Control panel and clicking on
UserAccounts.. From there it should be obvious.. you can login as
administrator then and do the .NET install, all should be well.

VJ

VJ,

I am logged in as the administrator.

 

[Cerebrus]

Hi Tim,

My search has revealed atleast one other case in which this same
problem was occurring with a user on a Dell computer.

The person was finally able to solve the problem by logging on with the
pre-configured Administrator account (that comes with XP), and
installing the framework from dotnetfx.exe.

I hope this will work for you,

Regards,

Cerebrus.

 

[Tim Johnson]

Cerebrus,

Thank you for responding. Unfortunately, I am using the preconfigured
Administrator account so I do have administrator rights.

What's also strange is that, although I don't see any .NET anything
installed when I look at Add/Remove Programs, I'm getting a Windows
Update notification that "Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework,
Version 1.0 Service Pack 3 (KB887998)" is ready to install.

So, it would appear that there may be some remnant of 1.0 still around
to fool Windows Update, although this is probably a separate issue.

Any further help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Tim Johnson]

Just a follow-up to the Windows Update to .NET 1.0:

I tried to apply the update, at the reboot, after logging in, I got the
pop-up error that gacutil.exe could not start because mscoree.dll was
not found. Well, not too surprising since .NET any version is not
supposed to be installed right now.

C:\>dir gacutil.exe /s
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705
09/29/2004 06:04 PM 61,440 gacutil.exe
Directory of
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\40d7aef84e51a368538b4bc7b
d78b8e6
09/29/2004 06:04 PM 61,440 gacutil.exe
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\v1.0.3705
09/29/2004 06:04 PM 61,440 gacutil.exe

and

C:\>dir mscoree.dll /s
Directory of C:\i386
07/14/2004 10:24 PM 155,648 mscoree.dll
Directory of
C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1489005031-2755091868-1161272384-1005\Dc26
02/20/2003 05:06 PM 155,648 mscoree.dll

Total Files Listed:
2 File(s) 311,296 bytes
0 Dir(s) 102,253,457,408 bytes free

 

[Cerebrus]

Hi Tim,

I understand that you have Administrator rights, but I meant that there
is a built-in account *named* "Administrator". Are you logged in with
that particular account ? Also try right clicking the dotnetfx.exe
file, and choosing "Run as...". In this dialog box, choose the
"Administrator" account. Enter the password, and click OK. See if it
works.

The problems you are seeing are *normal* when you consider that the
Framework tried to install, but failed at some point, during the
installation. Therefore, you have some files and folders which exist
physically on the drive, but may not have been properly configured and
registered.

HTH,

Regards,

Cerebrus.

 

[Cerebrus]

Hi,

If that too doesn't work, see the following page for complete
instructions on Removal / Repair of the .NET Framework 1.1.

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824643/>

Regards,

Cerebrus.

 

[Tim Johnson]

Hi Tim,

I understand that you have Administrator rights, but I meant that there
is a built-in account *named* "Administrator". Are you logged in with
that particular account ?

Cerebrus,

I got it now. Yes, running from the Administrator account itself did the
trick. If that was documented somewhere, I sure missed it.

I noticed the installation process created a ASP.NET... account. What is
this for? Is it necessary?

Thanks,

 

[Cerebrus]

I got it now. Yes, running from the Administrator account itself did the
So, it worked ! That's very nice to hear. No, it doesn't seem to be
documented anywhere at all. Just a nifty trick to pick up eh ? ;-)
this for? Is it necessary?

Yes, this account is created to run ASP.NET applications on your Web
server.
"Is it necessary ?" Only if you do Web application development work on
your machine using ASP.NET. So, if you don't do ASP.NET development,
you can safely remove it.

Hope this helped,

Regards,

Cerebrus.