SP2 and .NET Framework... ?

[Massimo]

I'm testing SP2, and I've tried slipstreaming it into an installation CD-ROM
of Windows XP Professional; when done, it creates a "cmpnents" folder on the
CD root, containing two other folders, one of which, named "netfx", seems to
contain the whole netfx.cab for .NET Framework 1.1.
But, when installing from this CD-ROM, the .NET framework is definitely
*not* getting installed, nor does it appear as an additional installable
component in the Windows components list; also, when running Windows Update,
it suggests to download and install the framework, like it wasn't actually
there.

Two questions, then: what is the netfx.cab doing there, if it's not used?
And: why is this service pack updating *everything* in the system, including
DirectX and Windows Media Player (at last!), but not installing the
framework, which I definitely think should be shipped with the OS, if
Microsoft ever plans for anyone to use it?

Thanks

Massimo

 

[Richard Urban]

Not everyone needs, or wants .NET on their computer. But then, there is a
lot in the system that not everyone needs or wants (-:

Get it from Windows Update. Use the custom install option.

--

Regards:

Richard Urban



aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Massimo]

Not everyone needs, or wants .NET on their computer. But then,
there is a lot in the system that not everyone needs or wants (-:

Get it from Windows Update. Use the custom install option.

Of course, I know how to install it ;-)
But I was just wondering what's NETFX.CAB doing there, if it's not going to
be installed... and I'm also not quite sure Windows Movie Maker 2 is *so*
more important than the framework that it needed to be included in the SP
while the framework wasn't.

Massimo

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I'm testing SP2, and I've tried slipstreaming it into an installation CD-ROM
of Windows XP Professional; when done, it creates a "cmpnents" folder on the
CD root, containing two other folders, one of which, named "netfx", seems to
contain the whole netfx.cab for .NET Framework 1.1.
But, when installing from this CD-ROM, the .NET framework is definitely
*not* getting installed, nor does it appear as an additional installable
component in the Windows components list; also, when running Windows Update,
it suggests to download and install the framework, like it wasn't actually
there.

Two questions, then: what is the netfx.cab doing there, if it's not used?

If I am not mistaken, it is used for the Tablet PC and/or Media Edition
version of Windows XP.

And: why is this service pack updating *everything* in the system, including
DirectX and Windows Media Player (at last!), but not installing the
framework, which I definitely think should be shipped with the OS, if
Microsoft ever plans for anyone to use it?

As Windows XP Pro/Home does not have .Net originally installed, a
service pack will not install or upgrade it either. Because DirectX
and Windows Media Player is a integral part of the original OS, the
service pack upgrades those components.

 

[Massimo]

As Windows XP Pro/Home does not have .Net originally installed, a
service pack will not install or upgrade it either. Because DirectX
and Windows Media Player is a integral part of the original OS, the
service pack upgrades those components.

This wasn't Microsoft's standard behaviour for system updates, was it? Up to
NT4 SP6a, W2K SP4 and XP SP1 none of these components used to be updated by
a system service pack. So, with such a great policy change, I don't think
including the .NET framework could be such a strange thing... not including
it seems a lot stranger to me.

Massimo