Do I need .Net Framework?

  • Thread starter Thread starter John
  • Start date Start date
J

John

I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
use to a simple soul like me. Also what is Silverlite?
 
John said:
I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is
of any use to a simple soul like me. Also what is Silverlite?
Click to expand...

Do you need it?
I have no idea - only you know - because only you know what is installed on
your computer and then - if any of that requires any of the various .NET
Framework versions (1.1, 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5...)

As for SilverLight...
A Google for "what is Microsoft Silverlight"...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=what+is+Microsoft+Silverlight

Should lead you to:
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

Or better yet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight
 
I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
use to a simple soul like me.
Click to expand...


The .net framework is a set of run time files used by any program
written with .net. If you run programs written with .net you need this
file (actually several different versions of the.net framework; one
version doesn't always substitute for an earlier one).

I don't know whether you run any such programs, but if you do, and you
remove the needed .net framework file, the programs will fail to work.
And if you don't run any such programs, you probably will soon; they
are becoming more and more common.


Also what is Silverlite?
Click to expand...


See http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
 
Benefits of the Microsoft .NET Framework
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829019

Re: Silverlight -
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404300.aspx



--
====================================
TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
====================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.


|I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
| use to a simple soul like me. Also what is Silverlite?
|
|
 
John said:
I downloaded an update and now I am wondering if .Net Framework is of any
use to a simple soul like me.
Click to expand...

You would know if you did, because of .net dependent programs that wouldn't
run. The same is true for Java. There are in any case several releases of the
..net runtime, and it's often necessary to have the right one for the program,
so really no point in installing until there's a need for it.

I'm unaware of any problems caused by installing .net (other than the
obvious one of taking-up disk space) but Java has had a long history of
security issues, therefore I only install Java when needed. Which isn't very
often.
 
Back
Top