Will wrote:
> I run Pro + SP2.
>
> To fnd out what version of dotNet I have got, I used a utility called
> DotNet VersionCheck from TMG Development.
> http://www.tmgdevelopment.co.uk/versioncheck.htm
>
> Is there an alternative more direct Microsoft approved way to check
> for the version I have?
>
> The utility I used suggested I had only version 1.1 (see output
> results below).
>
> Is dotNet 2.0 usually offered by the Windows update service at
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com? I ask for "custom" updates and I
> take all the updates labelled as "High Priority" and usually most of
> the "Optional Software" updates. But I don't seem to have dotNET
> 2.0.

Bob wrote:
> Under what circumstances would this update be necessary to install?

Bob,

"Necessary" would depend on your use of dotNet applications and if any you
run require 2.0.

If you are not changing anything else you do (using dotNet) - and you don't
have dotNet 2.0 now - logic states you do not *need* dotNet 2.0 yet.

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