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Guest disasterman
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The solutions page tells me to Uninstall Framework. When I try to unistll I

get an error telling Patch Package cannot open. Now what? Any other

suggestions would be welcome

Guest Shenan Stanley
Posted

disasterman wrote:

> The solutions page tells me to Uninstall Framework. When I try to

> unistll I get an error telling Patch Package cannot open. Now

> what? Any other suggestions would be welcome

 

(1) You need to repair .NET Framework 1.1 - obliterating all remnants of it

and installing it/patching it fully.

 

How to troubleshoot Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 installation issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824643

- Unregister and then reregister Windows Installer (See article)

- Manually remove and then reinstall the .NET Framework 1.1 (See Article)

For the articles below, follow the "IT professionals" link and find the

download for your OS.

- Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867460/

- Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886903/

- Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928366/

 

Reboot as needed and at the end.

 

(2) You need to repair .NET Framework 2.0 - obliterating all remnants of it

and installing it/patching it fully.

 

How to troubleshoot Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installation issues

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908077/

- Unregister and then reregister Windows Installer (See article)

- Manually remove and then reinstall the .NET Framework 2.0 (See Article)

For the articles below, follow the "IT professionals" link and find the

download for your OS.

- Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917283/

- Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922770/

- Download/Install http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928365/

 

Reboot as needed and at the end.

 

(3) You need to repair .NET Framework 3.0 - obliterating all remnants of it

and installing it/patching it fully.

 

Unfortunately - there is no particular article pertaining to .NET Framework

3.0 that I could find. I have not had issues, however, just going into the

Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs and just locating/removing it and

its patches. I suggest you do the same and then reboot...

 

Download/install using this distributable package:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en

 

Reboot as needed and at the end.

 

(4) Cleanup your updates system...

 

Get Dial-a-Fix:

http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix

 

Use its options to fix:

- Windows Installer

- Windows Update

- All the Registration Center options

 

Turn off the "Empty System32\Catroot 2"

Do NOT do "Flush SoftwareDistribution".

 

Then click "GO"... May take a while.

 

Reboot when it is done...

 

(5) Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and scan for updates. Choose

the critical updates you need and install them. Do not bother getting

hardware updates (unless you happen to have some Microsoft hardware

installed) and "Optional Updates" are *usually* just what the name infers -

but feel free to see if you want any of the "Optional" ones.

 

(6) Come back here and let us know how you came out...

 

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Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

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