Well just to provide "closure" to this thread...

I was able to get access once again to the Microsoft.NET folder after going
through with the Format, and the re-installing WINXP Pro.

So now I have been able to re-install all of my apps, and the PC is running
like a champ - now that I discovered I had 4.7GB of unallocated space on my
hard drive.

My desire for a somewhat larger Pagefile has been now satisfied. ;0)

I appreciate it if my Pagefile have their own partition to reside on - all
by their lonesome. In that way they don't even get near to be fragmented.

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Don Reichle




"DonR CADD Development" wrote:

> And since I'm no "stranger" to the Windows Updates - I have my WINXP Pro set
> to download the Automatic Updates at 7 AM every day - how does that explain
> how my Microsoft.Net folder got erased, or was never installed smlunatick?
>
> To give you and others a little more background here, on or about 27MAR07 I
> needed to go through a complete Format of my C drive, since my attempt on
> uninstalling IE 7 went awry, and left me with the inability to Logon to my
> PC. The pressing of the power button from a Shutdown state, omly got me as
> far as the WIndows XP "initializing" screen. The screen where the light-blue
> indicator scrolls from left to right below the Windows XP logo I mean. And I
> was then having a Restart occur when the Welcome screen normally occurs right
> after that.
>
> So I then finally realized that my Operating System had been damaged, and I
> now realize that I should have done a System Restore to get things back to
> where they should have been.
>
> So I went through a Format of that partition on my hard drive, during the
> installation of a "fresh" WINXP Pro OS.
>
> Which is where I think I'm headed once again shortly.
>
> Unless someone can identify a slightly less time-consuming solution?
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> Don Reichle
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>
> "smlunatick" wrote:
>
> > On May 17, 3:17 am, DonR CADD Development
> > <SPAMLESSreichle4AThotmailDOTcom> wrote:
> > > Would there be any fairly "innocuous" method of adding .NET Framework 1.1 and
> > > .NET Framework 2.0?
> > >
> > > After I downloaded >NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable I attempted to install
> > > it. It fails, and tells me if it continues to fail, then I should contact
> > > Product Support Services. Which I guess is my next stop tomorrow morning.
> > >
> > > Besides there being no Folder in the position I mentioned in the title of
> > > this post, when I go to Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs - those two
> > > items show up in the list of items, but when I highlight the Microsoft .NET
> > > Framework 1.1, and then attempt to access the "Click here for support
> > > information" link, there's no Folder in the location the Readme wishes to
> > > access, to allow me to read the RepairRedist.htm file?
> > >
> > > Any suggestions, besides "Get a rope!" I mean of course. ;0)
> > >
> > > TIA
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> > > Don Reichle
> >
> > The .Net systems are normally part of the Windows Update. I have
> > successfully gotten all of them that way.
> >
> >