Unable to install .NET 1.1 via Windows Update and Redistributables

I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first time
I've encountered this problem.

I just can't seem to get the following software installed via Microsoft
Update without an error code of: 0x80246002

..NET 1.1
..NET 3.0

I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new quad-core
workstation.

I installed software in the following order:

Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully installed)

I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET 2.0
worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during the
installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs to them
without the same 0x80246002 error.

Finally, one more conundrum:

I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown Publisher", and
when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with the error:

"Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk
space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."

This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over 700GB
of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the background. I've
attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to believe
that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the file does
not change in any way with each successive download, even after clearing my
cache.

I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
appreciated.

I return with new information:

I've downloaded the .NET 1.1 and .NET 3.0 setup files from
(C|Net)Download.com and those files also experienced much the same problems
-- although the .NET 3.0 actually had a valid certificate. After doing a
bytewise-comparison between the two files, I noticed that only ONE single
byte was different, but that was enough to throw off the certification.

As fascinating as this all is, it brings me to the bleak realization that
there probably isn't anything that corrupt about the .NET files sitting on
Microsoft's servers because the behaviour is the same for both copies of the
file.

"sensei" wrote:

> I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first time
> I've encountered this problem.
>
> I just can't seem to get the following software installed via Microsoft
> Update without an error code of: 0x80246002
>
> .NET 1.1
> .NET 3.0
>
> I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new quad-core
> workstation.
>
> I installed software in the following order:
>
> Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
> SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
> Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully installed)
>
> I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET 2.0
> worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during the
> installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs to them
> without the same 0x80246002 error.
>
> Finally, one more conundrum:
>
> I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
> certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown Publisher", and
> when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with the error:
>
> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk
> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
>
> This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over 700GB
> of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the background. I've
> attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to believe
> that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the file does
> not change in any way with each successive download, even after clearing my
> cache.
>
> I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
> appreciated.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100 (ignore the title)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

sensei wrote:
> I return with new information:
>
> I've downloaded the .NET 1.1 and .NET 3.0 setup files from
> (C|Net)Download.com and those files also experienced much the same
> problems
> -- although the .NET 3.0 actually had a valid certificate. After doing a
> bytewise-comparison between the two files, I noticed that only ONE single
> byte was different, but that was enough to throw off the certification.
>
> As fascinating as this all is, it brings me to the bleak realization that
> there probably isn't anything that corrupt about the .NET files sitting on
> Microsoft's servers because the behaviour is the same for both copies of
> the
> file.
>
> "sensei" wrote:
>
>> I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first time
>> I've encountered this problem.
>>
>> I just can't seem to get the following software installed via Microsoft
>> Update without an error code of: 0x80246002
>>
>> .NET 1.1
>> .NET 3.0
>>
>> I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new
>> quad-core workstation.
>>
>> I installed software in the following order:
>>
>> Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
>> SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
>> Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully
>> installed)
>>
>> I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET 2.0
>> worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during the
>> installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs to
>> them without the same 0x80246002 error.
>>
>> Finally, one more conundrum:
>>
>> I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
>> certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown Publisher",
>> and when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with the
>> error:
>>
>> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk
>> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
>>
>> This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over
>> 700GB
>> of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the background.
>> I've
>> attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to
>> believe
>> that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the file
>> does not change in any way with each successive download, even after
>> clearing my cache.
>>
>> I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
>> appreciated.

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, PA Bear.

I was able to successfully uninstall .NET using the utility on that page,
but whenever I try to reinstall the .NET framework 1.0 using the
redistributable, it fails when trying to extract "dotnetfx.exe" by saying:

"Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory(low disk
space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."

I've redownloaded this file several times, and I know I have a ton of free
memory and disk space. What to do?


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100 (ignore the title)
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> sensei wrote:
> > I return with new information:
> >
> > I've downloaded the .NET 1.1 and .NET 3.0 setup files from
> > (C|Net)Download.com and those files also experienced much the same
> > problems
> > -- although the .NET 3.0 actually had a valid certificate. After doing a
> > bytewise-comparison between the two files, I noticed that only ONE single
> > byte was different, but that was enough to throw off the certification.
> >
> > As fascinating as this all is, it brings me to the bleak realization that
> > there probably isn't anything that corrupt about the .NET files sitting on
> > Microsoft's servers because the behaviour is the same for both copies of
> > the
> > file.
> >
> > "sensei" wrote:
> >
> >> I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first time
> >> I've encountered this problem.
> >>
> >> I just can't seem to get the following software installed via Microsoft
> >> Update without an error code of: 0x80246002
> >>
> >> .NET 1.1
> >> .NET 3.0
> >>
> >> I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new
> >> quad-core workstation.
> >>
> >> I installed software in the following order:
> >>
> >> Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
> >> SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
> >> Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully
> >> installed)
> >>
> >> I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET 2.0
> >> worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during the
> >> installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs to
> >> them without the same 0x80246002 error.
> >>
> >> Finally, one more conundrum:
> >>
> >> I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
> >> certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown Publisher",
> >> and when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with the
> >> error:
> >>
> >> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk
> >> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
> >>
> >> This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over
> >> 700GB
> >> of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the background.
> >> I've
> >> attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to
> >> believe
> >> that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the file
> >> does not change in any way with each successive download, even after
> >> clearing my cache.
> >>
> >> I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
> >> appreciated.
>
>

1. See this archived post about the problem:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...083ccff1446ac2

2. Post to this .NET Framework-specific newsgroup instead:
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.setup
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


sensei wrote:
> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, PA Bear.
>
> I was able to successfully uninstall .NET using the utility on that page,
> but whenever I try to reinstall the .NET framework 1.0 using the
> redistributable, it fails when trying to extract "dotnetfx.exe" by saying:
>
> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory(low disk
> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
>
> I've redownloaded this file several times, and I know I have a ton of free
> memory and disk space. What to do?
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100 (ignore the title)
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> sensei wrote:
>>> I return with new information:
>>>
>>> I've downloaded the .NET 1.1 and .NET 3.0 setup files from
>>> (C|Net)Download.com and those files also experienced much the same
>>> problems
>>> -- although the .NET 3.0 actually had a valid certificate. After doing a
>>> bytewise-comparison between the two files, I noticed that only ONE
>>> single
>>> byte was different, but that was enough to throw off the certification.
>>>
>>> As fascinating as this all is, it brings me to the bleak realization
>>> that
>>> there probably isn't anything that corrupt about the .NET files sitting
>>> on
>>> Microsoft's servers because the behaviour is the same for both copies of
>>> the
>>> file.
>>>
>>> "sensei" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first
>>>> time
>>>> I've encountered this problem.
>>>>
>>>> I just can't seem to get the following software installed via Microsoft
>>>> Update without an error code of: 0x80246002
>>>>
>>>> .NET 1.1
>>>> .NET 3.0
>>>>
>>>> I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new
>>>> quad-core workstation.
>>>>
>>>> I installed software in the following order:
>>>>
>>>> Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
>>>> SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
>>>> Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully
>>>> installed)
>>>>
>>>> I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET
>>>> 2.0
>>>> worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during the
>>>> installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs to
>>>> them without the same 0x80246002 error.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, one more conundrum:
>>>>
>>>> I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
>>>> certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown
>>>> Publisher",
>>>> and when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with
>>>> the
>>>> error:
>>>>
>>>> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low
>>>> disk
>>>> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
>>>>
>>>> This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over
>>>> 700GB
>>>> of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the background.
>>>> I've
>>>> attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to
>>>> believe
>>>> that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the
>>>> file
>>>> does not change in any way with each successive download, even after
>>>> clearing my cache.
>>>>
>>>> I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
>>>> appreciated.

I must sheepishly apologize for what seems to be a cry-wolf incident. It
turns out that the culprit was a bad stick of ram! I'm not sure what caused
me to suspect it, but I used Microsoft's RAM testing application, and I
discovered that one of my two sticks of ram had failed the
uncached-walking-ones-and-zeroes test.

The defect in the ram was so slight as to be undetectable by any basic test
and didn't even raise any other alarms in Windows, not even during
installation. However, it was causing all of my downloads to get corrupted,
and it also caused my CD Rom drive to have trouble reading certain files. In
any case, after replacing the ram, all installations have proceeded smoothly
and I have gone on to enjoy my new machine.

Thanks for all your patience and help, PA Bear. Sorry to waste your time!


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> 1. See this archived post about the problem:
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...083ccff1446ac2
>
> 2. Post to this .NET Framework-specific newsgroup instead:
> microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.setup
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> sensei wrote:
> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, PA Bear.
> >
> > I was able to successfully uninstall .NET using the utility on that page,
> > but whenever I try to reinstall the .NET framework 1.0 using the
> > redistributable, it fails when trying to extract "dotnetfx.exe" by saying:
> >
> > "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory(low disk
> > space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
> >
> > I've redownloaded this file several times, and I know I have a ton of free
> > memory and disk space. What to do?
> >
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100 (ignore the title)
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> >> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
> >>
> >> sensei wrote:
> >>> I return with new information:
> >>>
> >>> I've downloaded the .NET 1.1 and .NET 3.0 setup files from
> >>> (C|Net)Download.com and those files also experienced much the same
> >>> problems
> >>> -- although the .NET 3.0 actually had a valid certificate. After doing a
> >>> bytewise-comparison between the two files, I noticed that only ONE
> >>> single
> >>> byte was different, but that was enough to throw off the certification.
> >>>
> >>> As fascinating as this all is, it brings me to the bleak realization
> >>> that
> >>> there probably isn't anything that corrupt about the .NET files sitting
> >>> on
> >>> Microsoft's servers because the behaviour is the same for both copies of
> >>> the
> >>> file.
> >>>
> >>> "sensei" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first
> >>>> time
> >>>> I've encountered this problem.
> >>>>
> >>>> I just can't seem to get the following software installed via Microsoft
> >>>> Update without an error code of: 0x80246002
> >>>>
> >>>> .NET 1.1
> >>>> .NET 3.0
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new
> >>>> quad-core workstation.
> >>>>
> >>>> I installed software in the following order:
> >>>>
> >>>> Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
> >>>> SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
> >>>> Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully
> >>>> installed)
> >>>>
> >>>> I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET
> >>>> 2.0
> >>>> worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during the
> >>>> installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs to
> >>>> them without the same 0x80246002 error.
> >>>>
> >>>> Finally, one more conundrum:
> >>>>
> >>>> I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
> >>>> certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown
> >>>> Publisher",
> >>>> and when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with
> >>>> the
> >>>> error:
> >>>>
> >>>> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low
> >>>> disk
> >>>> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
> >>>>
> >>>> This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over
> >>>> 700GB
> >>>> of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the background.
> >>>> I've
> >>>> attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to
> >>>> believe
> >>>> that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the
> >>>> file
> >>>> does not change in any way with each successive download, even after
> >>>> clearing my cache.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
> >>>> appreciated.
>
>

YW & thanks for your feedback.

sensei wrote:
> I must sheepishly apologize for what seems to be a cry-wolf incident. It
> turns out that the culprit was a bad stick of ram! I'm not sure what
> caused
> me to suspect it, but I used Microsoft's RAM testing application, and I
> discovered that one of my two sticks of ram had failed the
> uncached-walking-ones-and-zeroes test.
>
> The defect in the ram was so slight as to be undetectable by any basic
> test
> and didn't even raise any other alarms in Windows, not even during
> installation. However, it was causing all of my downloads to get
> corrupted,
> and it also caused my CD Rom drive to have trouble reading certain files.
> In
> any case, after replacing the ram, all installations have proceeded
> smoothly
> and I have gone on to enjoy my new machine.
>
> Thanks for all your patience and help, PA Bear. Sorry to waste your time!
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 1. See this archived post about the problem:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...083ccff1446ac2
>>
>> 2. Post to this .NET Framework-specific newsgroup instead:
>> microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.setup
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>>
>> sensei wrote:
>>> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, PA Bear.
>>>
>>> I was able to successfully uninstall .NET using the utility on that
>>> page,
>>> but whenever I try to reinstall the .NET framework 1.0 using the
>>> redistributable, it fails when trying to extract "dotnetfx.exe" by
>>> saying:
>>>
>>> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory(low disk
>>> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
>>>
>>> I've redownloaded this file several times, and I know I have a ton of
>>> free
>>> memory and disk space. What to do?
>>>
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100 (ignore the title)
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>>>
>>>> sensei wrote:
>>>>> I return with new information:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've downloaded the .NET 1.1 and .NET 3.0 setup files from
>>>>> (C|Net)Download.com and those files also experienced much the same
>>>>> problems
>>>>> -- although the .NET 3.0 actually had a valid certificate. After doing
>>>>> a
>>>>> bytewise-comparison between the two files, I noticed that only ONE
>>>>> single
>>>>> byte was different, but that was enough to throw off the
>>>>> certification.
>>>>>
>>>>> As fascinating as this all is, it brings me to the bleak realization
>>>>> that
>>>>> there probably isn't anything that corrupt about the .NET files
>>>>> sitting
>>>>> on
>>>>> Microsoft's servers because the behaviour is the same for both copies
>>>>> of
>>>>> the
>>>>> file.
>>>>>
>>>>> "sensei" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've installed Windows XP Pro on many systems, but this is the first
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> I've encountered this problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just can't seem to get the following software installed via
>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>> Update without an error code of: 0x80246002
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .NET 1.1
>>>>>> .NET 3.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm starting with a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a brand new
>>>>>> quad-core workstation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed software in the following order:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Windows XP SP1 (from original installation CD)
>>>>>> SP2 (redistributable executable from microsoft)
>>>>>> Microsoft Update (and every critical and major update successfully
>>>>>> installed)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was, however, able to install .NET 1.0 from the XP CD-Rom, and .NET
>>>>>> 2.0
>>>>>> worked from a redistributable file. Nothing unusual happened during
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> installation of those two programs, but I cannot apply service packs
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> them without the same 0x80246002 error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Finally, one more conundrum:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've noticed that the .NET 1.1 redistributable does not have a proper
>>>>>> certificate -- Windows claims that it comes from an "Unknown
>>>>>> Publisher",
>>>>>> and when I run it anyways, it dies when extracting InstMsiW.exe with
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> error:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low
>>>>>> disk
>>>>>> space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This can't be the case, since this is a brand new computer with over
>>>>>> 700GB
>>>>>> of free space and 2 GB of ram, with nothing running in the
>>>>>> background.
>>>>>> I've
>>>>>> attempted redownloading the same file several times, but I'm led to
>>>>>> believe
>>>>>> that maybe the file on Microsoft's website is corrupted because the
>>>>>> file
>>>>>> does not change in any way with each successive download, even after
>>>>>> clearing my cache.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm dying to get this new workstation started. Your help is greatly
>>>>>> appreciated.