Natasha- You actually need .Net 1.1 in order to use GPMC. So, you will need that instead of or in addition to .Net 2.0. Darren From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Natasha Cordery Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:22 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] unable to install GPMC Hi I have tried to install GPMC on my XP SP2 desktop but it keeps giving me this message "Please install the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 before installing Microsoft Group Policy Management Console". I have installed Framework 2.0 and still no difference. Any ideas? Thanks