Well for me always I received the same error Code:0x643 when I tried to
update to .Net Framework 2.0.


"PA Bear" wrote:

> Ever think about beginning a new thread about /your/ problem, instead of
> "piggybacking" onto all these other threads, no matter how similar their
> problems may be?
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
> tnlindsey wrote:
> > 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.\
> <snip>
>
>