Roger, It must be a very new program indeed. Is the dot net Framework 3.5 not being offered as a Windows Update? George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of roger south Sent: 14 December 2009 17:37 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 Hi All A friend gave me a program that needs NET Framework 3.5 to run it. I've been to the Microsoft site and downloaded it and saved it to my system. I have tried to run it unsuccessfully. It tells me it's trying to re-establish connection to the server and has 5 attempts before it fails. I've been since last Thursday playing with this application and it's frustrating me. Am I doing something wrong? Any help will be most appreciated. Many thanks Roger ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq