update error 80070002

[pcandpc]

Hi,

I am using vista home basic (32-bit) and getting

an error 80070002 during .net framwork 1.1 sp 1 update.

I followed the suggested help on this error but

the error doesn't go away.

Has anyone encountered this error and got away with it?

Thanks.

[cluberti]

The error is actually "COR_E_FILENOTFOUND" for 0x80070002, which means Vista can't find the original msi file in the cache from when you installed .net 1.1 (either the installer didn't copy it to your box properly, or you deleted it). To fix this the easy way, simply uninstall .NET 1.1 if you can, then download and install the .NET 1.1 SP1 package to update Vista to .NET 1.1 SP1, then install any post-SP1 updates there may be for .NET 1.1 via Windows Update.