Anyone have trouble with .NET Framework v2.0 Update today?

[ratchet]

It downloads, installs, install complete, the update icon goes away for about five seconds and then it's back. Went to the update site and it shows the update is needed but 0 bytes. What is going on? Thank You!

[mannagills]

I'm having the same problem. I've tried updating several times.

[screamer]

After it completed on my laptop I got a BSOD

Re-Started and all's well now

...screamer

[ratchet]

Originally Posted by mannagills

I'm having the same problem. I've tried updating several times.

lol! That is exactly what my history looked like! I even did a restore and started the whole process over but guess what? Same! Same!

[argus tuft]

It went ok for me, but it left me with an extra service, netfxupdate.exe

[NGRhodes]

No problems for me and I develop on .net 2 so would notice !

Cheers, Nick

[ronjor]

It seems there are a number of readers struggling with the MS07-040 patch for the .NET framework on what appears to be mostly clients.

sans.org

[tradetime]

Think mine went ok, saw an update y'day for .net Framework 2.0 but don't know if it installed ok, when I go to windows update page to check I always get some poxy error.

[ratchet]

This is a lot of work, however, it does work!

[19monty64]

Originally Posted by ratchet

This is a lot of work, however, it does work!

Thanx for your help ratchet!!! It was easier than last years hotfix-fix

[Longboard]

Umm
How doesthat fix compare to the one posted at sans?
(lol; I dont suppose anyone is going to do both )

Put it another way: has anyone tried this -from sans-:

Update

A reader (thanks Jordan) provided the following work around (a few other blog sites seem to concur)

" Basically, get the dotnetfx.exe (v1.1 or 2.0) and extract the file. You'll see a netfx.exe file, now download the windows update manually and run it, when it asks to browse for the file just navigate to the extracted netfx.exe and you're good to go."

Mark - Shearwater

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[mannagills]

Originally Posted by ratchet

This is a lot of work, however, it does work!

Followed the instructions and voila no more little yellow shield. Thanks for the help.

[19monty64]

Originally Posted by Longboard

Umm
How doesthat fix compare to the one posted at sans?
(lol; I dont suppose anyone is going to do both )

I tried the fix from sans, did google search, followed MS-links, etc. It didn't solve anything! The link from ratchet had me install "Windows Install Clean Up" so as to remove NET-framework first, then the dotnetfx.exe. I couldn't remove NET without "WICU", and once I did everything worked as it should, including having to reboot after installing "MS07-040 patch" All other attempts to re-install 07-040 said install was complete but did not require a reboot (reboot didn't help anyway)

[19monty64]

Now WHY hasn't Microsoft posted instructions yet? .... What is UP?! Thank goodness for BelarcAdvisor and help forums!