Error code 0x800F0906 when installing .NET Framework 3.5

Error code 0x800F0906 when installing .NET Framework 3.5 --- Says your not connected to the internet even thought you are connected.

--------This is not really a question, but a possible solution to this problem. PLEASE NOTE

that this error occurred in my situation and the solution

MAY NOT apply in all cases. ------

I had this problem when I was trying to install the HP Device Detection on the HP site. I was also having some other issues which I thought is was a problem with

Windows 8. I determined that my issues were caused by installing the latest version of

Avast! Antivirus which is suppose to be compatible with Windows 8 ( of course, I disabled the built-in

Windows Defender before installing Avast! AV).

After uninstalling Avast! AV and re-enabling Windows Defender, my issues disappeared. The other issues were that sites I visited, after installing

Avast! Antivirus, would not load correctly or just not load at all. One of the sites that wouldn't load was

Avast! [/i]protection "shields", the site loaded properly. I turned on the "shields back on and tried adjusting the protection levels of the "shields", but that didn't solve the problem, so I just uninstalled

Avast! AV.

I don't know if this is the case in your situation, you might try disabling the "real-time" protection on your antivirus,

ONLY IF you are using a different antivirus protection other than the Windows Defender built in to

Windows 8. If this solves your problem, you may have to contact your AV software manufacturer and notify them of the issue if you prefer to use that AV software. Please note that using antivirus products that include firewall and other protections

(INTERNET SECURITY) may also cause problems.

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