*** Warning! Long post ***

Last year I had to get help here because Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Beta 2 would not load on my computer. Something about configuration files. I tried to uninstall and reinstall using the normal uninstaller, and it failed. So I had to get REVO Uninstaller and use that. Then the same thing happened to Windows Live Messenger, though I don't think I posted it here. It wouldn't start because of that stupid configuration file! I got that fixed by installing the Visual C++ 2005 Runtime.

(Did I say thank you for helping me with that? If not, thank you)

But I still had a ton of work to do on this overhyped piece of [BLEEP].

So, here I am now, with yet ANOTHER problem that I simply could not fix.

I'm TRYING to uninstall the .NET Framework 2.0 so I can install version 3.0, then install 3.5. Every time I go to Add/Remove Programs and click the uninstall button, it says this:

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 cannot be uninstalled because it will affect other applications that are installed. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91126.

The reason I have not used Revo Uninstaller for this is because I'm worried that it would "affect other applications that are installed".

I'm half and half about posting the list of programing installed on my computer. It probably would help, but I'm worried about privacy. Nothing against CH.

I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 2 Home Edition.
Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Protection applications:

Firewall - Comodo Firewall Pro v3
Antivirus - AVG Free Edition 7.5 (upgrading to 8.0 on Wednesday)
Antispyware - AVG Antispyware 7.5

Also I'm on wireless now and have it set so it only uses WCDMA and HSDPA, because it slows down when it's using GPRS at night time, so it could be the wireless connection.

If you NEED any more information, just ask.

Thanks,
dairyman.Dairyman...

It's not a god idea to uninstall previous versions of .NET Framework...

If you're updating to the latest version...just leave the previous versions installed. The version you are trying to install will look for previous versions and build from there.

So...you should install version 3.0, then you'll probably have to reboot...and then you can install version 3.5.

The reason you don't want to unistall previous versions...you may need to revert, if you experience problems during the new installs or updates.The .NET frameworks are not cumulative like the service packs are...they are STANDALONE helper apps.
They are best left alone once installed.OK.

The reason why I wanted to uninstall it, is because the .NET Framework 3.0 would not install, and I read somewhere that the .NET Framework 3.0 attempts to install 2.0, and if 2.0 was installed it would fail. But I will leave it alone.

Does anyone have any ideas on why the .NET Framework 3.0 is not installing on my computer?

When I launch 3.0 setup it KEEPS downloading 2MB of data.

I'll post a log file if it helps.