Additionally, if you don't want to download the whole Redistributable package from Microsoft (thus skipping steps 1-3), download only the CAB file for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 from MoDaCo.

You can check the .NET Framework version installed on Windows using Command Prompt, Registry, PowerShell, Explorer, NET Version Detector.

If your business is not ready to update and install the latest version of .NET Framework on Windows system then this post shows how to block installation.

Developer ‘confusion’ over the download size of the .NET 3.5 framework service pack one has led to the creation of a free online tool and new client profile configuration option.

Backstory - this started out as me trying to apply the .NET 1.1 SP1 update. It wouldn't go, so I figured let's start over from scratch. I uninstalled 1.1 with add/remove, no problems there. then I ...

Here's a crazy one.I had a Win2k SP4 box. I installed the Microsoft Great Plains CRM Sales Client for Outlook (that's a mouthful) on the machine. The Outlook add-in requires that .NET framework be ...

Microsoft has detailed how it plans to deliver .NET Framework version 4.8.1 updates via Windows Update channel and Microsoft Update Catalog on older Windows 11 and Windows 10 versions.

Eric Vogel shows you how to use the CultureInfo API in .NET Framework 4.5 to simplify localization in a multi-threaded application.