I do not appreciate the tone of your reply!
I have been a participant in these newsgroups since 1995 and have never read
such crap!
I am sorry that 1 - I called them spokesmen rather than MVP, and
2- that I would not need a new hard drive if programs cleaned up after
themselves and 3- that my computer is working perfectly and I have no desire
to tinker with it and 4- why should I spend my time and money buying parts
and hiring installs so that software bloat can continue??? I have actually
now read an answer from a Microsoft MVP touching on this subject that was
both informative and polite - and will be attempting to contact him for
further enlightenment!!
I suggest you cool off the rhetoric and use these boards as a place to
pleasantly and politely exchange information with those of us who are not
regular computer users or nerds!!


"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> Apparently you do not realize that this is a public newsgroup and not
> Microsoft Corporation. If you want to speak with a "Microsoft spokesman" you
> need to contact Microsoft Corporation.
>
> You don't need the .Net framework until you install software that requires
> it. Since more and more software uses .Net, it's probably just a matter of
> time before you'll be needing it. Install it now, or install it later. The
> choice is yours.
>
> Instead of avoiding otherwise useful software because you're out of disk
> space, how about upgrading to a bigger hard disk? 80GB hard disks are easy
> to find for $30, after rebates. And they come with detailed instructions on
> how to move your software and data from the old disk to the new. Like with
> ..Net, it's only a matter of time before you'll need one.
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> "You can do it if you try."
>
> "jimjames1" <jimjames1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFFD8A1A-9F9C-4F30-B2BA-AAB243384A94@microsoft.com...
> >
> > My questions re this answer are two-fold -
> > ONE: When, if ever, would a home owner need this program? and
> > TWO: Windows update dumped it on me - and it takes up a lot of room!!
> > AND even more disconcerting is the fact that when Version 2 installs - it
> > leaves all the same version 1 files behind on my computer without removing
> > them!!
> > I have an older computer with small hard-drive.
> > Could I please have some guidance from a Microsoft spokesman as to whether
> > or not it is safe to remove the duplicate version 1 files? - and maybe
> even a
> > comment about why the Version 2 install doesn't remove version 1 files!
> > Thanks. James Wright
> > "Jerry" wrote:
> >
> > > ..NET Framework is a runtime that is required to run software written
> using
> > > the .NET programming language.
> >
>
>