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.NET Framework Service Pack 2

Download the .NET Framework Service Pack 2

Hot on the heels of the recent Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (Win2000SP3), Microsoft recently released the .NET Framework Service Pack 2. Here's the usual blurb from the folks at Redmond:

Microsoft .NET Framework Service Pack 2 provides the latest updates to the .NET Framework. Service Pack 2 is highly recommended for all users of the .NET Framework, including customers of Visual Studio .NET.

As always the service pack is cumulative so if you haven't yet installed .NET SP1, this one will bring you up to date anyway. Taking a look through the things fixed in this release, I didn't see anything that makes it a must upgrade, but there are a decent number of fixes in it and unless you have a reason not to it's probably best to stay up to date.

The download is only about 6.5MB and went off without a hitch on my Win2000 Pro machine. A couple people on some of the listservers have mentioned having a little trouble, but nothing outside the norm. Most people who have had trouble installing the download version have been able to go to Windows Update and have gotten it installed from there without any problems.

.NET Framework Service Pack 2 Links

• .NET Framework Service Pack 2 Home Page
• FAQs
• Download Page
• .NET Framework Service Pack 2 on Microsoft's Download Center