NET Framework 3.5 takes too long to dl

I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only halfway
downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my Control
Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this for
another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....

It's an extremely large file (over 200MB).
The update is usually performed in two
step:
1) Downloads the small Bootstrapper file (about 2MB)
2) The bootstrapper then starts the download of the 200MB+
service pack.

You can not order a CD, so unless you have the patience,
time and the need for this update I'd say skip it.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"Joan" <> wrote in message
news:C3F82416-BC96-4998-AF68-...
>I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only halfway
> downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
> shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my
> Control
> Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this
> for
> another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....

Hi JS,

That's another thing about this NET Framework 3.5 update.

It shows up as 'Critical' when a user selects Custom, but no one --
including some of the MVPs -- seems to quite know why it's so critical...or
what it does.

Alan

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:...
> It's an extremely large file (over 200MB).
> The update is usually performed in two
> step:
> 1) Downloads the small Bootstrapper file (about 2MB)
> 2) The bootstrapper then starts the download of the 200MB+
> service pack.
>
> You can not order a CD, so unless you have the patience,
> time and the need for this update I'd say skip it.
>
> --
> JS
> http://www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "Joan" <> wrote in message
> news:C3F82416-BC96-4998-AF68-...
>>I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only
>>halfway
>> downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
>> shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my
>> Control
>> Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this
>> for
>> another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....
>
>

Yep, you can go running around in circles reading the MS KB articles and
when you done reading all of them, very little light is shed on the real
details. Also they should have broken the update into 3 pieces, one for .Net
2.0 the second for .Net 3.0 and the last for .Net 3.5.

That way you could install only the critical piece that applies to your PC.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"Alan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi JS,
>
> That's another thing about this NET Framework 3.5 update.
>
> It shows up as 'Critical' when a user selects Custom, but no one --
> including some of the MVPs -- seems to quite know why it's so
> critical...or what it does.
>
> Alan
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:...
>> It's an extremely large file (over 200MB).
>> The update is usually performed in two
>> step:
>> 1) Downloads the small Bootstrapper file (about 2MB)
>> 2) The bootstrapper then starts the download of the 200MB+
>> service pack.
>>
>> You can not order a CD, so unless you have the patience,
>> time and the need for this update I'd say skip it.
>>
>> --
>> JS
>> http://www.pagestart.com
>>
>>
>> "Joan" <> wrote in message
>> news:C3F82416-BC96-4998-AF68-...
>>>I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only
>>>halfway
>>> downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
>>> shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my
>>> Control
>>> Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this
>>> for
>>> another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....
>>
>>
>
>

Joan wrote:

> I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only halfway
> downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
> shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my Control
> Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this for
> another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....

I would suggest you download and run the bootstrap installer, from here:

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-8319-81da479ab0d7&DisplayLang=en>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

This installer is more efficient and will need to download much less data,
although it may still take several hours.

Harry.

"Harry Johnston [MVP]" <> schrieb:
> Joan wrote:
>
>> I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only halfway
>> downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
>> shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my Control
>> Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this for
>> another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....
>
> I would suggest you download and run the bootstrap installer, from here:

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Guess what? KB951748 is still pushed via WU/AU after that.

Bye,
Freudi

Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:

>> I would suggest you download and run the bootstrap installer, from here:
>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> Guess what? KB951748 is still pushed via WU/AU after that.

You mean 951847? Ouch. So it it. I'll add that to the bug report ... oddly
enough, if you use a WSUS server the Windows Update Agent successfully detects
KB959209 instead of KB951847 as needed.

Joan: after installing .NET 3.5 service pack 1 using the bootstrapper, search
for KB959209 in the download center and download and install the version
appropriate to your system. That should sort it out. (At least, it did on my
test box.)

Harry.

"Joan" wrote:

> I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only halfway
> downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
> shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my Control
> Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this for
> another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....

Trying this again,

Joan you have my sympathies, i've got broadband, managed to download it but
it repeatedly fails to install.

"sixpence" wrote:

>
>
> "Joan" wrote:
>
> > I live in rural MT and only have dialup. NET Framework 3.5 is only halfway
> > downloaded and it is 2 days now, yet showe 1 min to dl. What gives? It
> > shows it is a High Priority Update that i am to have. I note in my Control
> > Panel i have other earlier ones. I however cannot keep downloading this for
> > another 2 days?? What gives? as it says 1 min to dl.....

"Harry Johnston [MVP]" <> schrieb:
> Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:
>
>>> I would suggest you download and run the bootstrap installer, from here:
>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>>
>> Guess what? KB951748 is still pushed via WU/AU after that.
>
> You mean 951847?

Ooops, LOL, of course. Pardon.

> Ouch. So it it. I'll add that to the bug report ... oddly
> enough, if you use a WSUS server the Windows Update Agent successfully detects
> KB959209 instead of KB951847 as needed.
>
> Joan: after installing .NET 3.5 service pack 1 using the bootstrapper, search
> for KB959209 in the download center and download and install the version
> appropriate to your system. That should sort it out. (At least, it did on my
> test box.)

It did here too, but you have to install the relevant Hotfix for
..NET 3.5 SP1, .NET 3.0 SP2 *and* .NET 2.0 SP2 at least on Windows XP
and most likely on Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...4-6450b0212565
NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe + NDP30SP2-KB958483-x86.exe +
NDP35SP1-KB958484-x86.exe

Anyhow, that results in a much lesser download volume than downloading
the whole KB951847 package which is offered/pushed by WU/AU as an
important update.

Thx for your input! Now "only" MS needs to get this sorted out...

Bye,
Freudi