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quadrinary
11-08-2006, 01:37 PM
I've got an application that is requiring .net version 1.1.x - i have .net version 2.0. Setup refuses to continue since the version doesn't match. does anyone know how i can force this check to not take place, or to trick the computer into thinking i have v1.1.x installed?

thanks!

-quad
tesfaye
11-08-2006, 01:58 PM
Short answer: NO!

Solution (#): Install .Net 1.1 on your computer. It will just sit there doing nothing until you run an app that requires that version of the runtime. The install is not huge at about 85-150MB. It might even be smaller than that. Java runtimes are installed the same way. If you have installed updates for it then more than likely you will have multiple folders containing each Java runtime version.

Explanation:
.Net apps are designed to run using a particular version(s) of the .Net runtime. If all it supports is 1.1 then you need to have version 1.1 on your machine. When Microsoft (#) releases new versions of .Net, most of the core functionality will be compatible with code (not executables) written for the earlier versions. You can't and wouldn't want to trick an installer into ignoring a .Net requirement because if there are classes, methods etc that have been deprecated or changed in the newer version of the runtime then you will end up with an unstable application if it even loads.

-Tesfaye
quadrinary
11-08-2006, 03:34 PM
Thanks much. I didn't realize it was possible to have older versions of the .Net runtime installed simultaneously. Problem solved!

-quad
Darknyt
11-08-2006, 03:37 PM
I think it was this that created another windows logon for me and now refuses to allow me to boot directly into windows w/o the logon screen.
arkamw
11-08-2006, 07:06 PM
I think it was this that created another windows logon for me and now refuses to allow me to boot directly into windows w/o the logon screen.
Look no further than TweakUI (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx) (though I think you can do the same thing with control userpasswords2; there's a thread on this from today running around).
tesfaye
11-08-2006, 08:27 PM
I think it was this that created another windows logon for me and now refuses to allow me to boot directly into windows w/o the logon screen.

Yes, I believe you are referring to the ASP.Net related logins. I posted a registry solution (http:///#) which is what the utilities set when doing automatic login. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1030186906#post1030186906