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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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stewart wrote:
> Okay, I've had to uninstall and reinstall NET Framework 2.0 several
> times over the last few months to fix previous failed updates, but now
> there is a new twist - Net Framework 2.0 refuses to uninstall.
>
> The uninstall fails after reporting a program is dependent on NF 2.0.
> Not a clue what that program might be (just provides a bunch of
> numbers - really wonderful user interface).
>
> So now I have an update that won't install, with the only known fix
> being to reinstall something that flatly refuses to uninstall. Just
> frigging dandy. Now what should I do?
>
> The only things installed since those previous incidents is a bunch of
> MS Office applications - hundreds of megabytes I have no desire to
> uninstall/reinstall just to perhaps fix this issue.
>
> At this point, I'm getting truly angry about all these failed updates
> every few weeks. I had other things I wanted to do tonight. Instead,
> I'm messing with this irritating nonsense once again, and will
> probably be doing so for the next several days. No wonder more and
> more people are searching for an alternative operating system.
>
> stewart