.NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0
Eustace
installing some update that made the Uninstall button functional.
However, somehow it has reappeared (with the peculiar version 0.0.0. I
downloaded and installed .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 from
but the Uninstall button is still not functional. What should I do?
emf
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Mike
> A long time ago I had uninstalled Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant by
> installing some update that made the Uninstall button functional.
> However, somehow it has reappeared (with the peculiar version 0.0.0. I
> downloaded and installed .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 from
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cecc62dc-96a7-4657-af91-6383ba034eab&displaylang=en
>
>
> but the Uninstall button is still not functional. What should I do?
>
> emf
>
Here is where to find the instructions:
Peter
> A long time ago I had uninstalled Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant by
> installing some update that made the Uninstall button functional.
> However, somehow it has reappeared (with the peculiar version 0.0.0. I
> downloaded and installed .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 from
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cecc62dc-96a7-4657-af91-6383ba034eab&displaylang=en
>
>
> but the Uninstall button is still not functional. What should I do?
>
> emf
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707
Eustace
Thanks. It worked. However, within a day and after a Windows update the
extension reappeared and I had to go through the same steps to uninstall
it once more. Will I have to do it often from now on?
And BTW there was no
general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet
in about:config in either case. (There is only a
general.useragent.extra.firefox.)
emf
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Eustace
Wow! Another Windows update today and another reappearance of the
extension! So the option is either to resign to the fact that you have
to follow the procedure every time there is a Windows update, or to
disable the extension instead... That's not right. They should find a
way to prevent third parties from installing updates without the users
assent.
Alan Baxter
>Wow! Another Windows update today and another reappearance of the
>extension! So the option is either to resign to the fact that you have
>to follow the procedure every time there is a Windows update, or to
>disable the extension instead... That's not right. They should find a
>way to prevent third parties from installing updates without the users
>assent.
Hi, Eustace. I stopped that problem. I configured Windows Update to
hide "Update to .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for the .NET
Framework Assistant 1.0 x86 (KB963707)" and never offer it to me again
as follows:
After removing .NET Framework Assistant for Firefox, do the following
- Manually invoke Microsoft/Windows Update from the Start menu or IE8
> Tools
- Click the Custom update button. You should be offered "Update to
.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for the .NET Framework Assistant 1.0
x86 (KB963707)" as a High-priority update.
- Uncheck it and click the "+" sign next to the check box.
- Check "Don't show this update again"
That did the trick for me. It won't be delivered by Automatic Updates
anymore and won't be offered to you by Windows Update either.
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Eustace
> Eustace <emf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow! Another Windows update today and another reappearance of the
>> extension! So the option is either to resign to the fact that you have
>> to follow the procedure every time there is a Windows update, or to
>> disable the extension instead... That's not right. They should find a
>> way to prevent third parties from installing updates without the users
>> assent.
>
> Hi, Eustace. I stopped that problem. I configured Windows Update to
> hide "Update to .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for the .NET
> Framework Assistant 1.0 x86 (KB963707)" and never offer it to me again
> as follows:
>
> After removing .NET Framework Assistant for Firefox, do the following
> - Manually invoke Microsoft/Windows Update from the Start menu or IE8
>> Tools
> - Click the Custom update button.
I do not see any Custom update button (Vista Home Basic). Where is it?
You should be offered "Update to
> .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for the .NET Framework Assistant 1.0
> x86 (KB963707)" as a High-priority update.
> - Uncheck it and click the "+" sign next to the check box.
After checking for updates I was offered the update. I unckecked it but
did not see any + next to it.
> - Check "Don't show this update again"
Instead, after checking the Help troubleshooting, I right-clicked on the
offer update and clicked "Hide update", which grayed it out.
> That did the trick for me. It won't be delivered by Automatic Updates
> anymore and won't be offered to you by Windows Update either.
I hope it worked. But if you also have Vista please answer my first
question.
Thanks,
Alan Baxter
>On 2010-05-16 01:03 Alan Baxter wrote:
>> Eustace <emf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Wow! Another Windows update today and another reappearance of the
>>> extension! So the option is either to resign to the fact that you have
>>> to follow the procedure every time there is a Windows update, or to
>>> disable the extension instead... That's not right. They should find a
>>> way to prevent third parties from installing updates without the users
>>> assent.
>>
>> Hi, Eustace. I stopped that problem. I configured Windows Update to
>> hide "Update to .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for the .NET
>> Framework Assistant 1.0 x86 (KB963707)" and never offer it to me again
>> as follows:
>>
>> After removing .NET Framework Assistant for Firefox, do the following
>> - Click the Custom update button.
>
>I do not see any Custom update button (Vista Home Basic). Where is it?
Windows/Microsoft Update comes up in IE8 for me with two buttons:
Express and Custom. I'm using Windows XP.
>> You should be offered "Update to
>> .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 for the .NET Framework Assistant 1.0
>> x86 (KB963707)" as a High-priority update.
>> - Uncheck it and click the "+" sign next to the check box.
>
>After checking for updates I was offered the update. I unckecked it but
>did not see any + next to it.
I see that only if I click the Custom button instead of Express.
>> - Check "Don't show this update again"
>
>Instead, after checking the Help troubleshooting, I right-clicked on the
>offer update and clicked "Hide update", which grayed it out.
That should do it. (Knock on wood)
Ron Hunter
I don't know about Vista, but in Win7, IE8 simply calls the control
panel app for windows update. There IS NO FACILITY for turning off an
offered update, or for preventing one from being offered every time. I
wish there were some way to keep it from offering Windows Live
Essentials, every time, but I haven't found one. I also wish Firefox
would disallow any additions to the list of extensions not specifically
permitted from within Firefox. Perhaps an encrypted list of approved
extensions......
Alan Baxter
>I don't know about Vista, but in Win7, IE8 simply calls the control
>panel app for windows update. There IS NO FACILITY for turning off an
>offered update, or for preventing one from being offered every time. I
>wish there were some way to keep it from offering Windows Live
>Essentials, every time, but I haven't found one.
Try this one, Ron. From "Hide Windows 7 Updates that you do not Ever
Want to Install" at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff382716.aspx
"In the list of available updates, right-click any update that you
don't want to see again, and choose Hide Update. If you later change
your mind�or if you just want to see a list of the updates you've
chosen to hide�on the main Windows Update page, click Restore Hidden
Updates."
>I also wish Firefox
>would disallow any additions to the list of extensions not specifically
>permitted from within Firefox. Perhaps an encrypted list of approved
>extensions......
Sounds good to me. Have you made a suggestion in Hendrix or Bugzilla
yet?
EE
updates manually instead. Windows auto updating will dump unsolicited
stuff on you whether you like it or not. I get my Windows XP updates
from www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx. You follow the
links to the updates. Vista updates are listed as well.
Ron Hunter
> Ron Hunter <rphu...@charter.net> wrote:
>> I don't know about Vista, but in Win7, IE8 simply calls the control
>> panel app for windows update. There IS NO FACILITY for turning off an
>> offered update, or for preventing one from being offered every time. I
>> wish there were some way to keep it from offering Windows Live
>> Essentials, every time, but I haven't found one.
>
> Try this one, Ron. From "Hide Windows 7 Updates that you do not Ever
> Want to Install" at
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff382716.aspx
> "In the list of available updates, right-click any update that you
> don't want to see again, and choose Hide Update. If you later change
> chosen to hide�on the main Windows Update page, click Restore Hidden
> Updates."
>
>> I also wish Firefox
>> would disallow any additions to the list of extensions not specifically
>> permitted from within Firefox. Perhaps an encrypted list of approved
>> extensions......
>
> Sounds good to me. Have you made a suggestion in Hendrix or Bugzilla
> yet?
>
hardest to find. I never thought of using a context menu on an item
with a checkbox next to it.
Now tell me Firefox has an easy way of preventing outside influences
from adding extensions....
Alan Baxter
>Now tell me Firefox has an easy way of preventing outside influences
>from adding extensions....
Wouldn't that be nice!
Miles
> Eustace<emf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow! Another Windows update today and another reappearance of the
>> extension! So the option is either to resign to the fact that you have
>> to follow the procedure every time there is a Windows update, or to
>> disable the extension instead... That's not right. They should find a
>> way to prevent third parties from installing updates without the users
>> assent.
>
>
> After removing .NET Framework Assistant for Firefox, do the following
FYI, I simply disabled it some time ago and it hasn't tried to update
since.
Miles
Alan Baxter
Great, Miles! Thank you for letting us know.
Christian Riechers
> Alan Baxter wrote:
>> Ron Hunter <rphu...@charter.net> wrote:
<snip>
>>> I also wish Firefox would disallow any additions to the list of
>>> extensions not specifically permitted from within Firefox. Perhaps
>>> an encrypted list of approved extensions......
>>
>> Sounds good to me. Have you made a suggestion in Hendrix or Bugzilla
>> yet?
>>
> Thanks. Sometimes it amazes me how the simplest solutions are the
> hardest to find. I never thought of using a context menu on an item
> with a checkbox next to it.
>
> Now tell me Firefox has an easy way of preventing outside influences
> from adding extensions....
I thought is has. In Preferences - Security, check 'Warn me when sites
try to install add-ons'.
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