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.

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.

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....

Actually PA Bear,

I did consider starting a new thread about "my" problem. However, first I
decided to search to see if anyone else had a similar problem. As it turns
out, quite a few people did. In fact, there were multiple threads
essentially addressing the same problem.

It seemed to me that it would make more sense to have a single thread that
addressed this main problem. (Obviously there are a few threads dealing with
different aspects/angles of the same problem, so they make since being
seperate threads.)

If you'll notice, I did not actually ask for a solution to my problem.
Rather I shared that I was having a similar problem as the poster and
included some additional details of things that I had tried (but that didn't
work), including referencing a solution from Mandojim about downloading it
by bypassing Windows Update.

How is it that stating I was having a similar problem is any different from
Seaton or Gary Turner's replies in this same thread or JohnS's reply under
Update #KB829019 failed, to name just a few? My post was to provide possible
additional information. That is also the reason I posted it under multiple
threads.

Had I wanted to ask for help I would have started a new thread. I apologize
to others for this off topic conversation. I also apologize if I have
somehow violated posting etiqutte.

"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....
>
>