Best of luck to you.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"jimjames1" <jimjames1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E851C188-7331-4C15-A3CB-EF704A5A1502@microsoft.com...
> 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.
> > >
> >
> >