.NET required in OS images?

[Dan]

I am responsible for maintaining OS images at my company.
Does the .NET framework have to be installed on software
(WinXP) images to enable .NET apps to run? If so, what
component(s) need to be installed?

Any help is much appreciated!!

 

[Richard Grimes [MVP]]

I am responsible for maintaining OS images at my company.
Does the .NET framework have to be installed on software
(WinXP) images to enable .NET apps to run? If so, what
component(s) need to be installed?

Any help is much appreciated!!

Sadly Microsoft take an all-or-nothing approach to .NET (I wrote something
about this here http://www.windevnet.com/documents/s=7446/win1067983621206/,
you need to register to read it online). In this article I have tried to
categorize the various assemblies into the 'core' library and then other
libraries like ASP.NET, Data, Windows Forms and Enterprise development (ie
transactions, MSMQ etc). Even if Microsoft sectioned the framework like that
the core library would still come to about 16Mb, as opposed to the complete
framework of 24Mb. With the current framework its not really possible to get
the bulk down much more without removing large amounts of functinality
because the assemblies are so large and contain so many classes. Basically,
the framework was designed as a large lump, and you should install it as
that lump.

Richard