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microsoft.net framework xp

19 years ago

Microsoft Update has offered Microsoft.NET Framework for XP. Not knowing what it is, is for, I took the update, loaded the Framework.

Any idea on what this is for? Do we need it?

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randy_ca
19 years ago
Most people don't need it, but you might as well have it.
Eventually you'll run into a program that needs Microsoft.NET Framework to work.
I had to get it for Paint.NET, which is free image editing and photo manipulation software for computers that run Windows.
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