More .NET Framework questions?

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Harold Gunn

I posted here a couple of days ago, asking if there are any practical
benefits to be gained by installing .net at the Windows update site. I
had a first experience with it since then and am now burning with more
questions. :)

When I installed Broderbund's new Printshop version 20 for my wife
yesterday, the disc installed .NET before it installed the program. Does
..NET provide some benefit to the program installation or operablity, or
does it serve another purpose?

..NET has created a new password protected XP user account. User icons
have appeared on my desktop for logins. What's the purpose of this new
user account? Who can access it? Does it enable Broderbund and Microsoft
to communicate with my computer without my knowledge or permission?
 
Harold Gunn said:
I posted here a couple of days ago, asking if there are any practical
benefits to be gained by installing .net at the Windows update site. I
had a first experience with it since then and am now burning with more
questions. :)

When I installed Broderbund's new Printshop version 20 for my wife
yesterday, the disc installed .NET before it installed the program. Does
.NET provide some benefit to the program installation or operablity, or
does it serve another purpose?
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The .NET Framework provides a new programming model that the developers can
use to build there applications.
In simplistic terms think of it like the old choice of do I write my
application in the Visual Basic or C++ programming languages. One this the
..NET Framework allows is for the developer to mix and match programming
languages in the application. It is too big a subject to answer in full,
but there are large amounts of detail of what the .NET Framework is and what
..NET is in general at
http://www.microsoft.com/net/basics/
http://www.microsoft.com/net/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/default.aspx
.NET has created a new password protected XP user account. User icons
have appeared on my desktop for logins. What's the purpose of this new
user account? Who can access it? Does it enable Broderbund and Microsoft
to communicate with my computer without my knowledge or permission?
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The ASPNET account created allows .NET Framework XML Web Service
applications to access data in each other if they are using an anonymous
connection. You can still secure the resources being accessed using a know
account instead of the file system using the Everyone group.
To directly answer your question - NO it has nothing to do with Broderbund
and Microsoft communicating in anyway. the application you installed is not
a XML Web Service application but just a regular Windows application that
uses the Framework.
More information about what a XML Web Service is at the link provided above.

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Mike
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Thanks for responding again, Mike.

Now that I have .NET, I'll do some more reading about it. I'm in over my
head here, but think I'm sensing a slight stirring of understanding
about .NET providing new flexibility to software developers.

If that's correct, why does Microsoft bother to recommend installations
of .NET to those of us in the greater herd of ordinary users? Is it
because new multi-language software programs of the future won't run
without it?
 
Harold Gunn said:
Thanks for responding again, Mike.

Now that I have .NET, I'll do some more reading about it. I'm in over my
head here, but think I'm sensing a slight stirring of understanding
about .NET providing new flexibility to software developers.

If that's correct, why does Microsoft bother to recommend installations
of .NET to those of us in the greater herd of ordinary users? Is it
because new multi-language software programs of the future won't run
without it?
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Harold,

You are exactly correct.

We are recommending the installation of the Framework now so that in future
more products that use may just install without having to do an install of
their own.
This is similar to the introduction to MSIEXEC which we use for a lot of our
software installs (you see the Microsoft Installer dialogs etc). This is
shipped with lots of products but with this being more developer focused if
we get it on lots of machine snow and then you visit Windows Update in
future you will get the latest builds so your PC will always be ahead of the
curve etc.
Having said that any large application that requires it "should" check to
see if it there and if not install it, but you never can be too careful
with developers so best just to get it on as many machines as possible right
now.

Also having it on a PC means that in future if you visit a web site that has
a Web service component on it they can do a quick check to see if you have
the framework and if so use the "up scale version" of the site and services
and if not (since it is quite large) they could degrade back to an older way
of working.
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Regards,

Mike
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rights

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