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You can leave it off the system - its not mandatory is my understanding<br />
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If you need it later for a particular piece of software, you can download it via windows update
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You can leave it off the system - its not mandatory is my understanding

If you need it later for a particular piece of software, you can download it via windows update

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If you do install it, do you have to install all versions 1-4?
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If you do install it, do you have to install all versions 1-4?

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We setup multiple XP computers a week and had a question. &nbsp;Several optional updates are for the .NET framework. &nbsp;If we don't have a need for .NET or don't think we do, should we just leave it off the system? &nbsp;If you install it, there are more updates to update .NET and just makes the process of setting up a new PC even longer. &nbsp;Thoughts.
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We setup multiple XP computers a week and had a question.  Several optional updates are for the .NET framework.  If we don't have a need for .NET or don't think we do, should we just leave it off the system?  If you install it, there are more updates to update .NET and just makes the process of setting up a new PC even longer.  Thoughts.

Install .NET on a new XP install?

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.