Framework 3.5 Upgrade Problem

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

> I have no antivirus programs currently installed, nor any anti-malware

 

> programs, including Defender.

 

 

 

Sorry, your on you own here, Bob.

 

 

 

Bob wrote:

 

> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:42:46 -0500, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"

 

> wrote:

 

>

 

>> Did Windows Update offer .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or KB951847? Open IE to

 

>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, select the CUSTOM option & scan: Is

 

>> the

 

>> update still being offered and/or does the Update History section

 

>> (left-hand side) show that it was originally installed successfully?

 

>

 

> This is what it offers me now and what I was offered before:

 

>

 

> "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"

 

>

 

> The history shows it was installed successfully.

 

>

 

>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your

 

>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than

 

>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

 

>

 

> I have no antivirus programs currently installed, nor any anti-malware

 

> programs, including Defender.

 

>

 

> No third-party firewall software, although I have a router, which I

 

> think has some rudimentary firewall installed.

 

>

 

>> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the

 

>> computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you

 

>> bought

 

>> it)?

 

>

 

> I don't remember. The computer is 4.5 years old. If there was a

 

> trial version, I uninstalled it fairly quickly. Hate that stuff.

 

>

 

>> May I ask why SP3 hasn't been installed yet? [Extended Support for WinXP

 

>> SP2 ends on 10 July 2010.

 

>

 

> Sure, you can ask. :-) One reason is I have an AMD processor, and

 

> problems have been reported with SP3 and AMD. I know there's fix for

 

> it, but it makes me nervous. Another reason is I have no real

 

> problems with my system, which is why I shouldn't have even installed

 

> Framework 3.5. It was a mistake, and I wasted over an hour installing

 

> and removing it.