Installing framework - check system requirements

[Cam]

Greetings,

I will be deploying vb.net 'windows' applications in the future. From what I understand, the .NET framework MUST be installed to run .net applications. The machines in our apps run have many different configureations/os/etc.

Is there a program that just checks the system compatability and does NOT install the framework. It would run and the check the following:

Verify the Operating System and Hardware Requirements
Verify that Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or Later is Installed
Verify that Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 is Installed
Verify that Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 is Installed
Verify that Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Installed
Verify that Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 is Installed

At the completion, the program would say "Yes, the .NET framework CAN be installed", or "No, your system is not compatible"

Anyone seen such an animal?

 

[Gary Chang]

Hi Cam,

Currently I am looking for somebody who could help you on it. We will reply
here with more information as soon as possible.
If you have any more concerns on it, please feel free to post here.


Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Felix Wang]

Hi Cam,

The redistribution package of .Net Framework has the ability to check the
system requirements on its own. For example, if Windows Installer 2.0 is
not installed, the setup program will first install Windows Installer
before installing .Net Framework. If IE 5 above is not available, .Net
Framework will not install.

On the other hand, MDAC 2.6 is a recommended component. It is not strictly
needed if no data access technologies will be used. You may check the
following registry key for the MDAC version:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DataAccess\FullInstallVer

You may write a small bootstrap utility to do all the checking. As far as I
know, Microsoft does not have such utility.

Regards,

Felix Wang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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