I have been unable to install the .NET update. I am running Windows 2000
Professional on an IBM ThinkPad Laptop. I do not have any beta versions of
..net installed. I have Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 as well as the hotfix
for it - (KB886903). I tried installing it with the critical updates, then
seperate from the critical updates. Both times I got error 0x659; I have no
idea what that error means.

Additionally, as recommended on this forum, I tried going to the Microsoft
..NET Framework developer centerand downloading/installing it directly from
that site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframewo.../default.aspx). I
tried installing the Redistributal Package (2.0 x86) as the site says this
must be installed before installing the SDK 2.0 x86 package. It was unable
to install; the error message said that it either could not open the
installation package or a required file.

The only thing I have yet to try is to uninstall the 1.1 version (and
hotfix) before trying to install the 2.0 version. I did not think this was
necessarily causing a problem since all the posts I have read so far said
that only those people with beta versions had to uninstall them first.

I will post again once I have tried uninstalling version 1.1 first.

-tnlindsey

"Gary Turner" wrote:

> I remove .net 2 beta and 1.1. Went into registry and removed same and all was
> ok after that.
>
> "Jimmgreen" wrote:
>
> > Had the same problem with this update. First I uninstalled the net 2 beta,
> > with no luck. Still Failed.
> > Had to uninstall ALL ( Studio ) of the MS beta applications before I could
> > Update.
> >
> >
> > "James" wrote:
> >
> > > I've tried to install the .NET update a few times. I get a 'Installation
> > > failed' every time. What gives? I'm using Win XP Home.