.NET 3.0 "wraps" .NET 2.0 so if I'm starting out with a clean Windows Server 2003 environment, will the .NET 3.0 SP1 installer also install .NET 2.0 and 3.0? What about .NET 2.0 SP1? Assume I don't want to install .NET 3.5 SP1 just yet.
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If you mean Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 1 , I don't think so. However, it's supposed to be backwards-compatible, more or less.
Matthew Flaschen
2009-05-31 05:34:38
+1
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The .NET 3.0 installer does install .NET 2.0 - the difference is in libraries only; the runtime under .NET 3.0 is still v2, though with some minor-ish patches.
The runtime under .NET 3.5 is still v2 as well - all the stuff that's new in .NET 3.5 is a mix of compiler magic and some funky libraries.
FWIW, The next version of the .NET runtime is going to be 4.0 - there won't be a v3.
Bevan
2009-05-31 05:40:07
+3
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You should just install .NET 3.5 SP1, and you'll get .NET 2.0 SP1 and SP2, as well as .NET 3.0 SP1 and SP2.
John Saunders
2009-05-31 05:40:36
slight correction. .net 3.5 sp1 includes sp2 for .net 3.0 also
DouglasH
2009-05-31 05:58:12
Thanks. I've corrected that. It was 3.5 RTM that had 3.0 SP1?
John Saunders
2009-05-31 16:22:34
yes that is correct
DouglasH
2009-05-31 18:28:36