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Installing the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on Vista

Learn how to successfully install the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on Vista with step-by-step instructions and troubleshooting tips. Simplify your setup today!

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As you may have seen from my previous post  , I have just installed VS2008B2 onto my old work computer, well it is now time to hit my Vista laptop with it:

I just tried to install Visual Studio 2008 Team Suit on my Vista laptop, but it failed on the first hurdle; installing the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2

After an hour of searching the web for answers and trying about three different options, finding about ten more, and getting increasingly frustrated, I gave up for a while…

On my second attempt I managed to find a solution: I switched to trying to install the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on its own because it starts quicker than the full Visual Studio install process.

The Solution

In order to install the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 on Vista I had to uninstall some previously installed Hotfixes using these instructions:

1. Open the Control Panel, select Programs & Features, click on the “View installed updates” located on the Tasks pane. Select and uninstall the following Windows updates:

- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB110806)

- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB930264)

- Hotfix for Microsoft Windows (KB929300)

2. Reboot

3. Reattempts installing .NET Framework 3.5.

From MSDN Forum post   by Gus Perez 

I did however find more that one hotfix with the same KB number, so I got rid of them both.

After this I tried VS2008 again…

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