What is the dotnet framework?

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Since the Microsoft website info on the .net framework is not really
what I'd consider to be end-user friendly, can anybody else explain to
me what it is in layman's terms and why I need it on my ME computer?

(Note that my computer is not on a network (I know, I know, the
*Internet* is a network, but you know what I mean) and is for my
personal use only. I am the only one who uses this computer and I don't
log on to it. I press the button on my tower and the computer starts up
in Millennium Edition. I understand that if I install this .net
framework, from that point on I will need to log on and I consider
logging on to my own computer to be a serious PITA.)

But again, can anybody explain to me what the .net framework is in
layman's terms and why I need it on my ME computer?

TIA

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Regards from John Corliss

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You need it on your system for the same reason you need Java or Visual Basic
runtimes. It allows you to run programs requiring that sub-system or
function on your system.

"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23VjeLMdNFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Since the Microsoft website info on the .net framework is not really what
> I'd consider to be end-user friendly, can anybody else explain to me what
> it is in layman's terms and why I need it on my ME computer?
>
> (Note that my computer is not on a network (I know, I know, the *Internet*
> is a network, but you know what I mean) and is for my personal use only. I
> am the only one who uses this computer and I don't log on to it. I press
> the button on my tower and the computer starts up in Millennium Edition. I
> understand that if I install this .net framework, from that point on I
> will need to log on and I consider logging on to my own computer to be a
> serious PITA.)
>
> But again, can anybody explain to me what the .net framework is in
> layman's terms and why I need it on my ME computer?
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Regards from John Corliss

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N. Miller wrote:
> In article <#VjeLMdNFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, John Corliss says...
>
>
>>Since the Microsoft website info on the .net framework is not really
>>what I'd consider to be end-user friendly, can anybody else explain to
>>me what it is in layman's terms and why I need it on my ME computer?
>
>
>>(Note that my computer is not on a network (I know, I know, the
>>*Internet* is a network, but you know what I mean) and is for my
>>personal use only. I am the only one who uses this computer and I don't
>>log on to it. I press the button on my tower and the computer starts up
>>in Millennium Edition. I understand that if I install this .net
>>framework, from that point on I will need to log on and I consider
>>logging on to my own computer to be a serious PITA.)
>
>
>>But again, can anybody explain to me what the .net framework is in
>>layman's terms and why I need it on my ME computer?
>
>
> I had to install it on another computer because a program I was installing
> insisted on it. The computer is running Windows ME, and there is no log on
> required during boot. I don't have it on my computer because I have never
> encountered a need for it.
>
> What I did with the program I was installing, when it offered to install the
> .NET Framwork, was to cancel the install, and go to the Windows Update site
> to grab it there. Once Windows Update had finished, and I had verified that
> it was installed, I went back to install the program I had cancelled. The
> program installed without asking for .NET Framework then.
>

Thanks for replying and that answers my second question. I sent a
question to Microsoft but the reply they sent me was the same old
nebulous technobabble, rife with undefined terminology.



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Regards from John Corliss