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Are you trying to install 3.5 from an exe or msi?<br />
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You should be going to &quot;programs and features&quot; then &quot;Turn windows features on or off&quot; first one in the list is framework 3.5
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I did this so often with dism - always works.<br />
Please verify 2 things:<br />
1: is your DVD's drive letter really f: ?<br />
2: is the DVD x64 or x86? Because you need the same architecture as your windows installation. If not, you get that very error you see.
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John, Yes internet connectivity is fine. I am finishing running your tools now and will post back after that. <br />
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Ktaczala, I've tried from Programs and Features, DISM, and manually downloading the .exe online. None of them have worked. <br />
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McKnife, <br />
Yes the drive letter is really F. The DVD is x64 and so is my machine. <br />
I have done this before for windows 8 machines but have never had this much of an issue, I usually just run the dism command all is good. Not sure why this one is such a PIA.
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Must have been a GPO stopping it. After looking at the logs from the .Net Repair tool I removed all group policies and did a GPUPDATE and it worked fine after that.
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@Winsoup &nbsp;- Thanks for the update and I am glad the .NET FX tool helped. It is a very good tool for this.
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What has helped was the reset of policies I guess. That's simply because you had a WSUS server configured, or didn't you? When WSUS is in use, client machines will not target windows update (the online source) to download dotnet 3.5. I suppose the reset removed the WSUS policy.<br />
Can be read here: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506443(v=vs.110).aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506443(v=vs.110).aspx</a><br />

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Windows Server Update Services. An error can also occur if your administrator has configured your computer to use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) instead of Windows Update for servicing.
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There's a recommended policy to be configured: <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn482065.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn482065.aspx</a>&nbsp;which will lead clients to an intranet source (a file share). WSUS is not supported.<br />
Then, the feature installation will work out of the box, without a need for dism.
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Does anyone have any other ideas for this ridiculousness?<br />
I get this error when I try to install .NET 3.5<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/11_w46/882862/Error1.png" target="_blank" title="Error1 (14 KB)"><img alt="Error1" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 671px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/11_w46/882862/Error1.png" /></a>I tried installing from media as well because this has worked in the past but I get this error. <br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/11_w46/882863/Error2.png" target="_blank" title="Error2 (11 KB)"><img alt="Error2" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 675px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/11_w46/882863/Error2.png" /></a><br />
I have tried everything in this article as well. I don't have the updates installed that they suggest either. <br />
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<a href="http://www.askvg.com/fix-0x800f0906-and-0x800f081f-error-messages-while-installing-net-framework-3-5-in-windows-8/" rel="ugc">.NET 3.5 Installation Error</a><br />
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Thanks!
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Does anyone have any other ideas for this ridiculousness?
I get this error when I try to install .NET 3.5

I tried installing from media as well because this has worked in the past but I get this error. 


I have tried everything in this article as well. I don't have the updates installed that they suggest either. 

.NET 3.5 Installation Error (http://www.askvg.com/fix-0x800f0906-and-0x800f081f-error-messages-while-installing-net-framework-3-5-in-windows-8/)

Thanks!

.NET 3.5 on Windows 8.1

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