From: keithr on 11 Jun 2010 07:40 me here wrote: > SG1 wrote: > >> "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:sYSdnf79Vu8IjI_RnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... >>> SG1 wrote: >>>> "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message >>>> news:FY2dnahf_6IwQ4zRnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... >>>>> SG1 wrote: >>>>>> Is there a way to get rid of .NET other than reloading >> windoze??? If so >>>> please outline. M$ was of course UNhelpful. >>>>>> >>>>> would this help? >>>>> >> http://techdows.com/2009/07/uninstall-and-repair-net-framework-with.ht >> ml >>>>> so you didn't do a search about this? >>>> Yes but I searched Microsnot. >>>> >>>> >>> I had disk space problems for discarding .Net. >>> When I do my re-install eventually I will make my c drive larger. >>> The thing is that there is basically nothing wrong with .Net. It's >>> no different to Java, and is being used more and more for new >>> applications. >>> >>> If you are so anti MS then you should be using OS X or Linux. No >>> one is forcing you to get snotty about MS. >>> And I hope you realise that no one is forcing you to use OE either >>> to do these posts. You don't own Windows, you just own your >>> hardware which can run Linux as well. >> I searched M$ for a way to remove one of their products. I did not >> state I was anti M$. I just do not use anything that needs .NET so I >> looked for a way to get rid of it when an update stalled & would not >> allow itself to be fixed. I will leave the penguin to my eldest >> daughter. I am anti fruit though. > > > I recently put Netframework 4 on a 1 ghz P3 which ran quite happily > with the previous version, and it brought it to it's knees. > > Ran so slowly that I had to reload the disc image I had taken as a > precaution. > > Works fine on my P4, but anything older may not handle it too well. > > Take an image first. > Shouldn't make any difference unless you are running programs that use it.
From: me here on 11 Jun 2010 06:42 keithr wrote: > me here wrote: > > SG1 wrote: > > > >> "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message > >> news:sYSdnf79Vu8IjI_RnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... > >>> SG1 wrote: > >>>> "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message > >>>> news:FY2dnahf_6IwQ4zRnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... > >>>>> SG1 wrote: > >>>>>> Is there a way to get rid of .NET other than reloading > >> windoze??? If so >>>> please outline. M$ was of course UNhelpful. > > > > > > > > >>>>> would this help? > > > > > > > >> > http://techdows.com/2009/07/uninstall-and-repair-net-framework-with.ht > >> ml >>>>> so you didn't do a search about this? > >>>> Yes but I searched Microsnot. > > > > > > > > > > > >>> I had disk space problems for discarding .Net. > >>> When I do my re-install eventually I will make my c drive larger. > >>> The thing is that there is basically nothing wrong with .Net. It's > >>> no different to Java, and is being used more and more for new > >>> applications. > > > > > >>> If you are so anti MS then you should be using OS X or Linux. No > >>> one is forcing you to get snotty about MS. > >>> And I hope you realise that no one is forcing you to use OE either > >>> to do these posts. You don't own Windows, you just own your > >>> hardware which can run Linux as well. > >> I searched M$ for a way to remove one of their products. I did not > >> state I was anti M$. I just do not use anything that needs .NET so > I >> looked for a way to get rid of it when an update stalled & would > not >> allow itself to be fixed. I will leave the penguin to my eldest > >> daughter. I am anti fruit though. > > > > > > I recently put Netframework 4 on a 1 ghz P3 which ran quite happily > > with the previous version, and it brought it to it's knees. > > > > Ran so slowly that I had to reload the disc image I had taken as a > > precaution. > > > > Works fine on my P4, but anything older may not handle it too well. > > > > Take an image first. > > > Shouldn't make any difference unless you are running programs that > use it. Well that's what happened.
From: SG1 on 11 Jun 2010 18:49 "keithr" <keith(a)nowhere.com.au> wrote in message news:4c121f06$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > SG1 wrote: >> "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:sYSdnf79Vu8IjI_RnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... >>> SG1 wrote: >>>> "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message >>>> news:FY2dnahf_6IwQ4zRnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... >>>>> SG1 wrote: >>>>>> Is there a way to get rid of .NET other than reloading windoze??? If >>>>>> so please outline. M$ was of course UNhelpful. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> would this help? >>>>> http://techdows.com/2009/07/uninstall-and-repair-net-framework-with.html >>>>> >>>>> so you didn't do a search about this? >>>> Yes but I searched Microsnot. >>>> >>>> >>> I had disk space problems for discarding .Net. >>> When I do my re-install eventually I will make my c drive larger. >>> The thing is that there is basically nothing wrong with .Net. It's no >>> different to Java, and is being used more and more for new applications. >>> >>> If you are so anti MS then you should be using OS X or Linux. No one is >>> forcing you to get snotty about MS. >>> And I hope you realise that no one is forcing you to use OE either to do >>> these posts. You don't own Windows, you just own your hardware which can >>> run Linux as well. >> >> I searched M$ for a way to remove one of their products. I did not state >> I was anti M$. I just do not use anything that needs .NET so I looked for >> a way to get rid of it when an update stalled & would not allow itself to >> be fixed. I will leave the penguin to my eldest daughter. I am anti fruit >> though. >> >> > Whats the point of removing it? If you aren't using it, it isn't doing you > any harm unless you have a tiny harddisk running out of space. Did you miss the bit about the stalled update?????
From: jonz on 12 Jun 2010 03:56
On 6/11/2010 7:54 PM, z1 wrote: > jonz wrote: >> On 6/11/2010 4:58 PM, z1 wrote: >>> SG1 wrote: >>>> Is there a way to get rid of .NET other than reloading windoze??? If >>>> so please outline. M$ was of course UNhelpful. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> would this help? >>> http://techdows.com/2009/07/uninstall-and-repair-net-framework-with.html >>> >>> so you didn't do a search about this? >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> yer bloods worth bottling bloke.....what a revelation....onya! >> >> > > one thing you might want to realise: > > I ran that cleanup proggie, and since I have found reason to reinstall > .Net - but now find something is broken and will have to do a total > re-install of my OS if I ever want to get .Net back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .net had been broken for a while, but i could not delete it......the uninstall program fixed that, and i gained *lots* of speed...sooo, i think i can live without it......:^) > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 |