Evaluate my PC for VISTA capability?- Stops right out of the shute

Doesn't instill a lot of confidence. I clicked on the MS link to see if my PC
was Vista upgradable/capable. Right off the bat I get a note that says I
need to install or activate .NET Framework. What the heck is that?? Where
do I get it or how do I install it. No explantions give in the trial
dialogs.. Do I have to be a PC Guru in order to test for compatability or
run VISTA.? I consider myself reasonably computer literate but I'm certainly
no expert. Even MS's description of the requirements for a minimum system
contains techie acronyms and terms. Like the graphics card "GPU" and
"Shared" or "unshared" memory and although I can figure that out, some
seasoned PC users (albeit OS Novices) will be puzzled & discouraged. Reminds
me of the old Apple comercial. "Lets see now !!!! "C - colon
-backslash...... "
Dell Latitude 1.4GHz Pentium m, 20GB, 512MB, Windows XP Pro.

The .NET Framework is an environment for building, deploying, and running
Web Services and other applications. It consists of three main parts: the
Common Language Runtime, the Framework classes, and ASP.NET. GotDotNet

The .NET framework created by Microsoft is a software development platform
focused on rapid application development, platform independence and network
transparency. .NET is Microsoft's strategic initiative for server and
desktop development for the next decade. According to Microsoft, .NET
includes many technologies that are designed to facilitate rapid development
of Internet and intranet applications.

It depends on the required version for the this particular software, it
could version 1.1 or 2.0, I have both installed on my PC, you might as well
do the same:

This is for Windows XP Professional x86 (32-bit) which you are running:
Version 1.1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Version 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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"Great Scot" <> wrote in message
news:62018DB1-56C5-4854-AD74-...
> Doesn't instill a lot of confidence. I clicked on the MS link to see if my
> PC
> was Vista upgradable/capable. Right off the bat I get a note that says I
> need to install or activate .NET Framework. What the heck is that??
> Where
> do I get it or how do I install it. No explantions give in the trial
> dialogs.. Do I have to be a PC Guru in order to test for compatability or
> run VISTA.? I consider myself reasonably computer literate but I'm
> certainly
> no expert. Even MS's description of the requirements for a minimum system
> contains techie acronyms and terms. Like the graphics card "GPU" and
> "Shared" or "unshared" memory and although I can figure that out, some
> seasoned PC users (albeit OS Novices) will be puzzled & discouraged.
> Reminds
> me of the old Apple comercial. "Lets see now !!!! "C - colon
> -backslash...... "
> Dell Latitude 1.4GHz Pentium m, 20GB, 512MB, Windows XP Pro.
>
>
>
>

Also, anyone that has done much surfing on the net would have already seen
that they need .Net because you would have gotten this nag long ago. The
..Net framework has been out for some time now. I have seen many companies
going to Java framework which I find interesting. MS, are you listening ??

"Great Scot" <> wrote in message
news:62018DB1-56C5-4854-AD74-...
> Doesn't instill a lot of confidence. I clicked on the MS link to see if my
> PC
> was Vista upgradable/capable. Right off the bat I get a note that says I
> need to install or activate .NET Framework. What the heck is that??
> Where
> do I get it or how do I install it. No explantions give in the trial
> dialogs.. Do I have to be a PC Guru in order to test for compatability or
> run VISTA.? I consider myself reasonably computer literate but I'm
> certainly
> no expert. Even MS's description of the requirements for a minimum system
> contains techie acronyms and terms. Like the graphics card "GPU" and
> "Shared" or "unshared" memory and although I can figure that out, some
> seasoned PC users (albeit OS Novices) will be puzzled & discouraged.
> Reminds
> me of the old Apple comercial. "Lets see now !!!! "C - colon
> -backslash...... "
> Dell Latitude 1.4GHz Pentium m, 20GB, 512MB, Windows XP Pro.
>
>
>
>