Installation on WIN98

[Girish]

Is it possible to install .Net framework 2.0 on a Win98SE system?

I have created an app in VB2005 and included ADODB, .NET framework but it
does not install on a WIn98Se system. However it does install on a Win2K
system.

Thanks for any help.
Girish

[Cerebrus]

There's a lot of difference between Win 98 and Win 2K. The latter is
built upon the NT model, which has continued upto XP. So, the answer I
think is No, it's not possible.

Regards,

Cerebrus.

[Mehdi]

On 15 Apr 2006 06:13:35 -0700, Cerebrus wrote:

There's a lot of difference between Win 98 and Win 2K. The latter is
built upon the NT model, which has continued upto XP. So, the answer I
think is No, it's not possible.

According to Microsoft, .NET 2.0 *is* supported under Win 98:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en>

There are however some classes of the the .NET Framework that are only
supported under NT systems but these are clearly flagged in the
documentation (the FileSystemWatcher class is one of those). There are also
some classes that requires the installation of additional packages for them
to work under Win 98 (all the WMI related classes for instance), but once
again this is all clearly mentioned in the doc.

I have not tried to install .NET 2.0 on a Win 98 machine myself though. I
know for a fact however that .NET 1.0 and 1.1 worked perfectly on Win 98
machines (as long as i didn't use NT-only classes)

I would try to install the framework using the setup file downloaded from
the page aboce. If this works, then you most likely have a problem with
your own setup program. If it doesn't then your Win 98 installation might
be somehow corrupted.

[Cerebrus]

Thank you for the correction, and the useful information, Mehdi.

Regards,

Cerebrus.