Re: .net 1.1

[Nicholas]

I do not know why it created a new user, but you can safely delete it.

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Nicholas

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"J" > wrote in message: =20
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| Hi, i used windows update today and it installed .net 1.1=20
| but:
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| Its created a new user profile, why? Do i need it? It=20
| says its password protected, can i still delete it?

[Mack L.]

Thanks, Jason.........that is peculiar - most folks will think that "product
1.1" replaces "product 1.0" :-)

I also note the .NET 1.1 was a 37Mb install on my Win XP Home.


"Jason Tsang" > wrote in message
...
> It's by design
>
> The .net framework 1.1 doesn't replace 1.0
>
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> "Mack L." > wrote in message
> ...
> > I installed this update, and promptly uninstalled it because of some odd
> > behavior. The addition of the "ASP Machine A..." account hosed up the
way
> > I
> > had my machine configured - one user, guest account disabled. The boot
> > was
> > now asking for a password, and it didn't boot right into Windows as I
> > prefer. In addition, I now had two sets of configuration programs in
the
> > Start menu:
> >
> > Microsoft .NET Framework Configuration
> > Microsoft .NET Framework Wizards
> > Microsoft .NET 1.1 Framework Configuration
> > Microsoft .NET 1.1 Framework Wizards
> >
> > The two sets each produced different program interfaces, leading me to
> > think
> > that it appeared I had .NET 1.0 AND .NET 1.1 installed. Sure enough,
> > Add/Remove Programs showed a "Microsoft .NET" AND a "Microsoft .NET 1.1"
> > installed. I selected the uninstall for .NET 1.1 and upon completion, I
> > now
> > have the original "Microsoft .NET Framework (English) v1.0.3705" still
> > sitting there in Add/Remove.
> >
> > Peculiar, unless this is by design and just looks funny to me.
> >
> > Mack L.
> >
> >
> > "J" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi, i used windows update today and it installed .net 1.1
> > > but:
> > >
> > > Its created a new user profile, why? Do i need it? It
> > > says its password protected, can i still delete it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

"Mack L." wrote:

> Thanks, Jason.........that is peculiar - most folks will think that "product
> 1.1" replaces "product 1.0" :-)

Hi

DotNetFx 1.0 vs 1.1, Versioning, Compatibility, and Side-by-Side Execution in
the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/productinfo/versioncomparison/

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