Hi group,

My nephew has a fairly new laptop ( Dell ) running vista, he now wants to
load a new program for music editing.

It installs fine but when you try to open a message appears stating that the
program requires NET Framework 3.0 to run.
However the computer seems to think that it has it installed, in fact its
latest update was an update to NET Framework 3.0.

From what I can read on the web, it appears that NET Framework 3.0 is part
of the vista install, yet in Google I see references to oem installs not
including the NET Framework 3.0.

Please can anyone advise me where to go from here as I am an XP person and
getting rather confused with this Vista program?

Thanks in advance to all those that take the time to give sensible advice.


David.

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medico wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> My nephew has a fairly new laptop ( Dell ) running vista, he now wants to
> load a new program for music editing.
>
> It installs fine but when you try to open a message appears stating that
> the program requires NET Framework 3.0 to run.
> However the computer seems to think that it has it installed, in fact its
> latest update was an update to NET Framework 3.0.
>
> From what I can read on the web, it appears that NET Framework 3.0 is part
> of the vista install, yet in Google I see references to oem installs not
> including the NET Framework 3.0.
>
> Please can anyone advise me where to go from here as I am an XP person and
> getting rather confused with this Vista program?
>
> Thanks in advance to all those that take the time to give sensible advice.
>
>
> David.

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> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>
> medico wrote:
>> Hi group,
>>
>> My nephew has a fairly new laptop ( Dell ) running vista, he now wants to
>> load a new program for music editing.
>>
>> It installs fine but when you try to open a message appears stating that
>> the program requires NET Framework 3.0 to run.
>> However the computer seems to think that it has it installed, in fact its
>> latest update was an update to NET Framework 3.0.
>>
>> From what I can read on the web, it appears that NET Framework 3.0 is
>> part
>> of the vista install, yet in Google I see references to oem installs not
>> including the NET Framework 3.0.
>>
>> Please can anyone advise me where to go from here as I am an XP person
>> and
>> getting rather confused with this Vista program?
>>
>> Thanks in advance to all those that take the time to give sensible
>> advice.
>>
>>

That I know of, Vista out of the box comes with .Net Framework 2.0. If the
..NET application is calling for .NET FW 3.0, then it's not installed. Either
the application installs the Framework it needs in its install package or
one must go to the MS download site and install the .NET Framework needed.
It also could have been installed by some other application too. But if it's
being called for, it must not be on the machine.

You can install multiple .NET FW(s) on the computer.

Check under Control Panel > Programs and Features > under 'Task' click the
'Turn Windows Features on or off' link from the list available then from
list of options > check off 'Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0'.
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"Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]" <enzodirusso@xoom.it> wrote in message
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>
> --
> Vincenzo Di Russo
> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
> Windows - Internet Explorer & Security since 2003
> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>
> medico wrote:
>> Hi group,
>>
>> My nephew has a fairly new laptop ( Dell ) running vista, he now wants to
>> load a new program for music editing.
>>
>> It installs fine but when you try to open a message appears stating that
>> the program requires NET Framework 3.0 to run.
>> However the computer seems to think that it has it installed, in fact its
>> latest update was an update to NET Framework 3.0.
>>
>> From what I can read on the web, it appears that NET Framework 3.0 is
>> part
>> of the vista install, yet in Google I see references to oem installs not
>> including the NET Framework 3.0.
>>
>> Please can anyone advise me where to go from here as I am an XP person
>> and
>> getting rather confused with this Vista program?
>>
>> Thanks in advance to all those that take the time to give sensible
>> advice.
>>
>>
>> David.
>