Installing Paint.net / .NET Framework 3.5

Hi Guys,

I have received plenty of help from others here so I'm doing my small
part to repay the favor.

After removing a particularly aggravating virus from my computer I had
to reinstall Paint.net. In order to install Paint.net I needed to
install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.

This was a major PITA! I put approximately twelve hours into this
before I was able to get it installed. Maybe I can save you some
pain.

I am running XP Media SP3 32 bit.Apparently XP SP interferes with .Net
modifications. I tried following MS directions and was unsuccessful.

Here's what worked for me:



I down loaded Stebner's .NET Framework cleanup tool. at:
http://cid-27e6a35d1a492af7.skydrive.li ... p_tool.zip

I also down loaded .NET Framework Version 1.1 from MS.

I ran the cleanup tool and restarted my computer.

I installed .NET Framework Version 1.1

( Note: Stebner recommends installing 2.0 at this point. It would not
install because I am running a 32 bit OS )

Then I installed Paint.net. It automatically updated the Framework.Net
to 3.5

I restarted the computer and Paint.net was ready to roll!

I recommend using IE during the download / install process. Firefox
may have been part of the initial problem.

Good Luck!

Ozark

 

ups.com:

<SNIP>

While I am sure someone will benefit from your info, I have to
comment.

No one knows what .NET Framework /really/ contains, and when it
first appeared, I was still on a modem and I was not going to
spend an hour or two downloading something unknown that some
dumb program needed - I just found another program that did the
same. Even now that I have the blazing 1MB connection, I still
do not have .NET Framework installed and never will.

(I also avoid programs that use the MSI installer, just in case
you care ;-)

Simply, any program that needs .net or MSI is dead to me. Any
software author that falls for that stuff is automatically
suspect as well. There are always alternatives.

In VERY few cases, I could not find alternatives to something
that needed MSI but I trust MSI more than I trust .net. Anyway,
in those regrettable situations I try to uncompress all MSI
files into their separate components and often it works - then I
can see what's going on in there... If I can't, I think twice...
thrice... Often I look for an alternative or rethink what I need
to do, and if I /REALLY DO/ need to.

I had NO idea what paint.net was so I looked it up. It looks
very nice, but I would like to point out that you had a choice
of about a hundred other excellent free paint programs which do
NOT require evil MS system add-ons (yes, I know, all MS has EVER
tried to do is make life easier for everyone - just
incidentally, its owners' and hackers' /the/ easiest) and can
probably do anything you want. Paint.net looks like just as much
overkill as Photoshop or Gimp (/the/ free standard for top-level
work) but like I said, there are hundreds, certainly dozens of
other choices.

Just my 2¢.


--
Deep in the night
Flying very strange cargo
Our soul-ships pass by
Solo trips to the stars - in the sky

Gliding so far
That the eye cannot follow
Where do they go
We'll never know...

(B.F.)

 

You are probably correct on all points. I occasionally use a photo
editing program. Photo shop is out of my price range. I used Picasso
for a while then a friend recommended Paint.net. I preferred the
later. I do a little work with layers.

After my latest experience with .NET Framework I can't say that I am a
big fan of Framework either.

Ozark