.net framework updates

Hello -

I recently installed a fresh copy of XP + SP2. When I visited Windows
Update I had a ton of updates that needed to be installed. One of the first
updates I did was the latest update to the .Net Framework, 2.0. After I
downloaded and installed the updated, rebooted, and went back to Windows
Update, the site listed that I still needed the 1.1 update and 1.x service
pack! Doesn't the latest 2.0 update supersede the other 1.x updates for the
..Net framework?

-Mike

No - you still need the older version to run .NET programs written using it.
Version 2.0 will not run 1.1 programs.

"Mike D." <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello -
>
> I recently installed a fresh copy of XP + SP2. When I visited Windows
> Update I had a ton of updates that needed to be installed. One of the
> first updates I did was the latest update to the .Net Framework, 2.0.
> After I downloaded and installed the updated, rebooted, and went back to
> Windows Update, the site listed that I still needed the 1.1 update and 1.x
> service pack! Doesn't the latest 2.0 update supersede the other 1.x
> updates for the .Net framework?
>
> -Mike
>

> "Mike D." <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello -
>>
>> I recently installed a fresh copy of XP + SP2. When I visited Windows
>> Update I had a ton of updates that needed to be installed. One of the
>> first updates I did was the latest update to the .Net Framework, 2.0. After
>> I downloaded and installed the updated, rebooted, and went back to Windows
>> Update, the site listed that I still needed the 1.1 update and 1.x service
>> pack! Doesn't the latest 2.0 update supersede the other 1.x updates for
>> the .Net framework?
>>
>> -Mike

"Jerry" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No - you still need the older version to run .NET programs written using it.
> Version 2.0 will not run 1.1 programs.


This is not entirely true.

..NET Framework v2.0 /should/ run .NET Framework v1.x applications, but there
are no guarantees that it will. It really depends on the classes and methods
configured in the application, and whether it uses anything that was changed
in the upgrade.

If any issues with .NET Framework v1.x applications are encountered, the
appropriate solution is to reinstall the .NET Framework v1.x redistributables.

As for Mike's note, the reason that WU says that he "...still needed the 1.1
update and 1.x service pack" is because he already has both versions of the
..NET Framework v1.x installed and they need to be updated.

But the direct answer to the question in Mike's last sentence is: No, the 2.0
update does not "supercede" the v1 Frameworks, but it can, possibly, replace
them, depending on the applications depending on v1.x code.

"Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" <> wrote:

>.NET Framework v2.0 /should/ run .NET Framework v1.x applications, but there
>are no guarantees that it will. It really depends on the classes and methods
>configured in the application, and whether it uses anything that was changed
>in the upgrade.
>
>If any issues with .NET Framework v1.x applications are encountered, the
>appropriate solution is to reinstall the .NET Framework v1.x redistributables.
>
>As for Mike's note, the reason that WU says that he "...still needed the 1.1
>update and 1.x service pack" is because he already has both versions of the
>.NET Framework v1.x installed and they need to be updated.
>
>But the direct answer to the question in Mike's last sentence is: No, the 2.0
>update does not "supercede" the v1 Frameworks, but it can, possibly, replace
>them, depending on the applications depending on v1.x code.

Without sounding to ****ed off and angry--which I have just done... Why
can't the WU install instructions indicate that because of "the beast"
version 2.0 WILL NOT replace the need to have 1.1 and its SP ALSO installed
and that all three will continue to be tracked as needed in WU or your
history if you have them installed. Wouldn't this be a courtesy!

What a waste of time!

BTW, this particular thread pretty much answers my question: Why is WU
tracking older versions of .NET Framework?

Tom

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