Octopuss Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) What's the difference between 3.0 and 3.5 and does version 3 include previous versions (1 and/or 2 to be specific) in it or not?Additionally there are SPs released for .NET and that only adds to it - are there installers available for full packages with the particular SP included?The Microsoft download pages are a mess, can't tell anything from that. Edited December 27, 2008 by TheWalrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 .net 3 is only 4 new technolgies (WCF, WPF, WF, Cardspace) which are based on .net 2.0. .net 3.5 adds a new compiler which supports LINQ and some other stuff, but it is still based on the .net 2.0 runtime.to use .net 3.5 you must have .net 2 and 3 installed.Install the .net 3.5 Sp1 Installer and you'll get the SPs for .net 2 and 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 But the .NET 2 and 3 is not included in 3.5 then? It just has SPs for those in it, right?So I still need to install whatever other version I might need individually if I understand correctly.Also, 3.0 is included in Vista and cannot be removed it seems? Any way to integrate a SP for that in the installation (this might suite vLite section more, I know, but...). And last one - Vista only has 3.0 in it? Or maybe something else too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hj_fr Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 (edited) The .Net 3.5 SP1 installer contains: .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and their services pack/updates.A full installer package is also available on the same page (231 MB) Edited December 28, 2008 by hj_fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 How comes I downloaded the redist package of 3.5 and it still downloaded some 80MB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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