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.NET Framework Update: Is it needed?
I am running XPHome, SP3, with all important security updates. I'm also
running IE6 (I'm aware that IE8 is the latest, but prefer IE6, and if I want tabbed browsing, I use FFox) and FFox 3.5.7. The following has just appeared in my Automatic Updates window: "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for .NET versions 2.0 through 3.5 (KB951847) x86" If I go to Add/Remove programs, I see I have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. When I go to the Microsoft KB to see what this update fixes, I really don't understand it. It also shows that this update has two known issues, both of which have fixes. I use my pc for general use, i.e. email, Word, Excel, browsing, OExpress 6, and some photo/video applications. Do I really need to install this update? Thanks. |
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.NET Framework Update: Is it needed?
..NET 2 and 3 are entirely separate packages. If you have 2.x installed you
should update it for the sake of security. If you don't have 3 installed and everything works, then you don't need it. It is of course possible you don't need either .net runtime, though the only way to find out is to remove 2 and see what stops working. BTW, using IE6 is the worst security risk you can take short of inviting a malware-author to sit at your keyboard and do a bit of coding. Either upgrade it or use something else. "Boris" wrote: I am running XPHome, SP3, with all important security updates. I'm also running IE6 (I'm aware that IE8 is the latest, but prefer IE6, and if I want tabbed browsing, I use FFox) and FFox 3.5.7. The following has just appeared in my Automatic Updates window: "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for .NET versions 2.0 through 3.5 (KB951847) x86" If I go to Add/Remove programs, I see I have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. When I go to the Microsoft KB to see what this update fixes, I really don't understand it. It also shows that this update has two known issues, both of which have fixes. I use my pc for general use, i.e. email, Word, Excel, browsing, OExpress 6, and some photo/video applications. Do I really need to install this update? Thanks. . |
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.NET Framework Update: Is it needed?
You allready posted this Q
"Boris" wrote in message .213... I am running XPHome, SP3, with all important security updates. I'm also running IE6 (I'm aware that IE8 is the latest, but prefer IE6, and if I want tabbed browsing, I use FFox) and FFox 3.5.7. The following has just appeared in my Automatic Updates window: "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for .NET versions 2.0 through 3.5 (KB951847) x86" If I go to Add/Remove programs, I see I have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. When I go to the Microsoft KB to see what this update fixes, I really don't understand it. It also shows that this update has two known issues, both of which have fixes. I use my pc for general use, i.e. email, Word, Excel, browsing, OExpress 6, and some photo/video applications. Do I really need to install this update? Thanks. |
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