Wow! That is scary. Even for the daring Microsoft. -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gman Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:34 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: MS NET Framework update Well, I just started working on populating a newly installed OS with absolutely zero .NET components installed. Before I had a chance to get to the part where I install 1.1 & 2.0, I was offered this huge 3.5 update. Apparently, they are not trying to make sure we all have the latest for our safety. Instead, they they appear to want to make sure that everyone has ALL of the technology installed, even if they don't use it. To be perfectly frank, that scares me. I unchecked it and moved on without another thought other than making sure I let you folks know of this discovery. Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" http://www.bornagainamerican.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Disastar" <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:21 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: MS NET Framework update >I think you have to choose the Custom option instead of Express in order to > uncheck a critical update. > > I think I might be right that they are offering the v3.5 update for v2, > v3.0, and/or v3.5 because I just ran it on my sisters' PC which only had > v2.0 installed and it wanted the huge v3.5 update. I did run the update > with no problems and it didn't take too long, but I have a 25 - 30 mbps > connection. Unfortunately I forgot to look and see if she now has v3.0 > and > v3.5. I can't check now because I returned her PC this afternoon. My > bad. > > Ed --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------