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Is SP1 or SP2 essential for installing dotnet?
I read from the Release Notes for an ATI videocard that Microsoft Dotnet 1.1
Must be installed for using Catalyst 5.8 version of the video and display drivers. I fail to understand what features of dotnet does a videocard use for video display or TV tuning? That apart, dotnet has to be used with XP with SP1 or SP2 installed and these two have problems with the Network Connection Manager. As a result, the user may get the TV functioning and lose some other features which are working on his computer. Can dotnet be installed on XP without SP1 or SP2? Would it work satisfactorily? P. Jayant |
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P.Jayant wrote:
I read from the Release Notes for an ATI videocard that Microsoft Dotnet 1.1 Must be installed for using Catalyst 5.8 version of the video and display drivers. I fail to understand what features of dotnet does a videocard use for video display or TV tuning? That apart, dotnet has to be used with XP with SP1 or SP2 installed and these two have problems with the Network Connection Manager. As a result, the user may get the TV functioning and lose some other features which are working on his computer. Can dotnet be installed on XP without SP1 or SP2? Would it work satisfactorily? First - let me say it sounds like your system must have some serious issues if you have not installed Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 for Windows XP yet. You elude to it - but not in much detail - perhaps if you expand on it, we can help you fix that. You are really "out of date" and possibly putting your machine/information at unnecessary risk - depending on your situation and setup. The ATI driver likely needs .NET because the people who wrote it at ATI designed it to use the .NET framework. That simple. The ATI (and NVidia) drivers do so much more these days than tell your OS what type of video card you have.. They tweak and poke and prod and optimize and twist and turn and magnify.. So many things that it has to get pretty "up-close and personal" with the OS. .NET may have made this easier for the developers to do. Looking through requirments - I cannot find explicitly (so far) where .NET requires SP1 or SP2. It may, however - since I do not have any systems not patched. My suggestion is to backup your system with Ghost or something similar and give it a go. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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The name is .Net is a special programming language and MS provides the
"run-time" .Net 1.1 free. However, you need to have at least SP1 in order to get it. ATi is just using the provided Windows features. "P.Jayant" wrote in message ... I read from the Release Notes for an ATI videocard that Microsoft Dotnet 1.1 Must be installed for using Catalyst 5.8 version of the video and display drivers. I fail to understand what features of dotnet does a videocard use for video display or TV tuning? That apart, dotnet has to be used with XP with SP1 or SP2 installed and these two have problems with the Network Connection Manager. As a result, the user may get the TV functioning and lose some other features which are working on his computer. Can dotnet be installed on XP without SP1 or SP2? Would it work satisfactorily? P. Jayant |
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We use dotnet on our workplace network for one item of web software, we have
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You do NOT need .Net for ATI - just get the "Control Panel" version rather
than the "Catalyst Control Center" version. Only the CCC requires .Net; it's fancy and cute, but the normal control panel version gives you access to all the same settings, just not as fancy. And CCC is a real memory hog, since it loads the .Net runtime at system startup, and it stays loaded forever. https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27 get the 25MB "with Control Panel" package. and get and use the "Catalyst Uninstaller" to be sure the previous driver is completely removed before installing the new one. Good Luck |
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On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 06:04:55 +0530, "P.Jayant"
wrote: I read from the Release Notes for an ATI videocard that Microsoft Dotnet 1.1 Must be installed for using Catalyst 5.8 version of the video and display drivers. I fail to understand what features of dotnet does a videocard use for video display or TV tuning? That apart, dotnet has to be used with XP with SP1 or SP2 installed and these two have problems with the Network Connection Manager. As a result, the user may get the TV functioning and lose some other features which are working on his computer. Can dotnet be installed on XP without SP1 or SP2? Would it work satisfactorily? P. Jayant Browse to this page to see the installation requirements for .NET Framework 1.1: http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframewo...s/default.aspx NOTE that the installation requirements for the .NET Framework 1.1 SDK are DIFFERENT than the installation requirements for the .NET Framework 1.1 Distributable. Nowhere in this document do I find any requirements for either SP1 OR SP2 under XP. All that is required is a version of XP. Personally, I would not install .NET Framework unless your XP Service Pack level was SP2. Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread. If you must reply via email, remove the obvious from my email address before sending. ================================================== ===== |
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