Many times you download a software and find that its not working in your system. You get an error message that Microsoft. NET Framework needs to be installed. Sometimes the developer of software mentions that you need Microsoft. NET Framework installed in your system to be able to use the software. So what is. NET Framework and why do some software need it? We have received such kind of questions many times and people find it difficult to install. NET Framework as most of the times software developer don't provide links to download it. So today, in this topic we'll tell you what is. NET Framework and will also provide official Microsoft download links to download each version of. NET Framework. What is Microsoft. NET Framework? Microsoft. NET Framework is a software framework which is installed in Microsoft Windows. Software which are developed using. NET require. NET Framework to be installed in your system to be able to run. Once you install. NET Framework, it creates the required software environment so that it can provide the appropriate runtime requirements to the software. NET Framework can be installed in Windows NT, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2003, 20 List of All Microsoft. NET Framework Versions There are several. NET Framework versions available. Some are included in some Windows OS by default and all are available to download at Microsoft website as well. Following is a list of all released versions of. NET Framework. NET Framework 1.0. NET Framework 1.1 (comes installed in Windows Server 2003). NET Framework 2.0. NET Framework 3.0 (comes installed in Windows Vista and Server 2008). NET Framework 3.5 (comes installed in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2). NET Framework 4.0. NET Framework 4.5 (comes installed in Windows 8 and Server 2012) Following are download links for all Microsoft. NET Framework versions.
UPDATE: This tutorial will also work in Windows 8.1 and later. Now-a-days almost all 3rd party software require Microsoft. NET Framework installed in your system. The required. NET Framework version might be different for different software and the most required. NET Framework version is 3.5 which comes preinstalled in Windows 7. If you are using Windows 8, you might face a problem while trying to run a program which requires. NET Framework 3.5 version. Windows 8 doesn't come with. NET Framework 3.5 version. It comes with the latest. NET Framework 4.5 version preinstalled. Whenever you try to open a program requiring. NET Framework 3.5, you get following message: An app on your PC needs the following Windows feature. NET Framework 3.5 (includes. NET 2.0 and 3.0) There are 2 buttons given to install the. NET Framework version or to skip the installation. If you decide to install it, Windows tries to connect to Internet to download the setup files of. NET Framework 3.5. That's strange because Windows 8 setup contains. NET Framework 3.5 setup files but still Windows tries to connect to Internet. It would have been better and easier if Windows 8 installed the. NET Framework 3.5 without Internet connection just like it does for other Windows components such as Media Center, Internet Explorer, etc which can be installed or uninstalled using Programs and Features applet in Control Panel. If you don't have an Internet connection or if you don't want to waste time and bandwidth in downloading the setup files, here is a way to install. NET Framework 3.5 offline in Windows 8. Today in this tutorial, we'll tell you how to install. NET Framework 3.5 in Windows 8 without any need of Internet connection. You can install it offline with the help of a single command. This method requires Windows 8 setup disc or ISO file so make sure you have Windows 8 setup files with you. So.
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