Hello I ran the installer dotnetfx.exe (dotnet framework 1.1) from e:\software The install was cancelled by me, because when it got to 0 seconds remaining, it stuck there for over an hour and a file it was trying to install couldn't seem to be installed. So i downloaded the file dotnetfx off the internet, thinking the file on the mem stick is corrupt. When i tried to run the setup program it said it the drive e:\ was invalid Now i searched the registry and deleted any instances of e:\ that i found, and i found 6, but the error still is the same. Here is part of the verbose logging of the problem Action start 22:24:42: CostInitialize. MSI (c) (00:00): Note: 1: 1327 2: E:\ Info 2898.Tahoma08, MS Sans Serif, 1 DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog ErrorDialog Internal Error 2835. ErrorIcon, ErrorDialog MSI (c) (00:00): Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 -- Error 1327.Invalid Drive: E:\ Action ended 22:24:46: CostInitialize. Return value 3. MSI (c) (00:00): Doing action: FatalError Action start 22:24:46: FatalError. Action ended 22:24:47: FatalError. Return value 2. Action ended 22:24:47: INSTALL. Return value 3. can anyone help with this please? Please remember i cannot run msconfig as it isn't available on windows 2000 Many thanks for your help

Why aren't you getting it from Microsoft? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/... You should also be running IE6 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/... "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

...but you see i did get it from Microsoft. I downloaded it and stucj it on a memory stick and ran the install from there. Thats where the drive E came in. Becuase when it stuck for over an hour, i then just stopped the install. When i tried downloading it from Microsoft website onto drive C, then it came up with the error i was telling you about. The memory stick is no longer connected. I can confirm that i am running Internet explorer 6 with sp1. Thank-you very much for your help, i am sorry i didn't provide you with the IE information first.

The link I provided is to the Redistributable Package...is that what you downloaded? You could also try running Windows Update. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

What version of Installer is in use on the computer? You may need 3.1 with Win2000.