Any way to install .NET3 in Windows 8?

[asdf.wou]

Hi people from WSUSOffline.

Windows 8 come with .NET 4 preinstalled, but not .NET 3.5 SP1 (this means: 2, 3, 3.5 and 3.5 SP1). And this is not everything about it, but in the end that releases are even not offered via windows Update, so they cannot be installed by WSUSOffline via the normal method.

This was IMO a retarded decission by Microsoft, and when you think you've installed all the updates from a computer and it's ready to go offline and run everything you find that that program made in .NET 2 or 3 (there are plenty of them!) need additional components to be downloaded.

This article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2785188/en) explains how to enable .NTE 3.5 in Windows 8 using the features panel and taking sources from the installation disk. So I wonder: is there any way WSUS Offline could "install" it by triggering the "add features" mechanism and providing a path to the sources that are commonly taken from the DVD? Is the package in the DVD the same as the standard installer that WSUSOffline already downloads or it's a different one? Is it available publicly on the MS servers?

Kind regards.

[aker]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506443(v=vs.110).aspx

[Gerby]

Hi asdf.wou!

I also looked for possibilities to include .NET 3.5 installation for Windows 8 into WSUS Offline Update a year ago, but could not find any. There doesn't seem to exist a .NET package that can be used in Windows 8. As indicated by aker by the link to the Microsoft article, we are mainly stuck to the possibilities of using the online installation or the installation media for Windows 8.

Although I'm also still eager to find a way to include .NET 3.5 for Windows 8 in WOU. Maybe some day there will be a sudden enlightenment.

Gerby

[aker]

@Gerby
Is it possible to create a cab-file for .NET 3 from the folder on the Win 8 DVD, wsusou is able to install?

[boco]

You can install it offline using a special command line, but you need the SxS sources.

Is it possible to create a cab-file for .NET 3 from the folder on the Win 8 DVD, wsusou is able to install?

I do not doubt it, but the result would fail sigcheck, no? And would you blindly trust packages created by others?

A better way would be to have an easy tutorial for the user to create his/her own package he/she can ultimately trust.

[aker]

My idea was, make UpdateGenerator / DownloadUpdates.cmd create a package from a Windows 8 DVD, which can be installed using the client.

[asdf.wou]

Good evening to others.

What I can see is:

* The WSUS team has already thinked about what I suggest
* It seems not easy at a first glance
* There is people who hopes this can be solved and is willing to collaborate

Which is good.

When I have some time, I'll try to do my own tries. Lots of thanks everybody!