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Download and run .NET Setup Verifier and run for all versions. See if you can repair .NET and then install trough Programs and Features, Windows Features. <br />
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<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/10/13/8999004.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/10/13/8999004.aspx</a>
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use dism again. Your mistake was not to elevate the command line (can be seen in your screenshot: it doesn't say &quot;administrator&quot; in the window title.<br />
So right click cmd.exe and select &quot;run as administrator&quot; and use the dism method, it works 100%.
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John - I'll give that a shot and update. &nbsp;Thanks<br />
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McKnife - The Command Line was Ran as Administrator Each time I attempted it. &nbsp; I believe what happened, is that when I ran it a final time to grab the screenshot before posting this question, I forgot to elevate it as Admin (just for the screenshot).
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What is an I place upgrade? &nbsp;Sorry, I've never heard of it. &nbsp;Also, Just FYI, I've attached a screenshot showing the error with elevated Command Prompt.<br />
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John Hurst - the Verifier can only run for .NET 4 and &gt;&nbsp;since that's all thats currently installed/enabled, but I need to install/enable 3.5 for this software that I need, so the verifier does nothing for 3.5 since it's not on the machine yet.<br />
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Update - By the way... all .NET 4 and up versions verify successfully with the netfx setup verifier
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<a href="http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-windows-10-place-upgrade.html" rel="ugc">http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-windows-10-place-upgrade.html</a> describes it.
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The verifier I pointed to runs and verifies from V2 to V4.6 <br />
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So if that does not work and if you looked in Windows Features (in Programs and Features) and that did not work, you may need to do Windows 8.1 Refresh (deletes most software but not data) or do a Windows 8.1 Repair Install - you need the Windows 8.1 DVD for this.
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I think this is a Windows 8 machine looking at the first post.
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I'm currently running the 8.1 Enterprise re-install. &nbsp;I assumed that was probably what you were referring to, so I started it up here before I saw the comments.<br />
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Thanks. &nbsp;Hope this works! &gt;&lt;
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re-install? &nbsp;Official terms are (clean) installation, inplace upgrade or refresh... I hope you didn't choose refresh.
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Super. You did what I advised, that is called inplace upgrade.
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I feel that the comments added by McKnife were helpful in triggering ideas for me and that his suggestion/comment was slightly too vague to be considered the &quot;Best Solution&quot;. &nbsp;I posted the notes of what steps I performed to resolve the issue and labeled them as the &quot;Best Solution&quot; because they are more specific and dealt directly with my issue instead of a vague suggestion with a link posted to a Windows 10 upgrade vs. a Windows 8.1 Enterprise upgrade walkthrough.<br />
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I felt that McKnife's comment gave me a starting block, but I took my knowledge and research and performed the fix on my own from there.
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I need to enable the .NET 3.5 Windows feature in order to run a program that we use, but Windows continually bombs out when attempting to reach Windows Update Server in the process.<br />
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Things I've already tried...<br />
I have excellent Internet connectivity<br />
I've tried Offline Installer method with the Win 8.1 Enterprise DVD.<br />
I've Tried Editing the Group Policy Settings to force it to install from the DVD<br />
I've tried modifying the Registry to not use Windows Update<br />
I've tried Powershell dism command to pull it from the DVD<br />
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Nothing seems to work. &nbsp;I get an Access denied error and the dism log isn't helping me any when I scroll through it<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/04_w15/1090492/Access_Denied_Installing_Net_3_5_Off.PNG" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Screenshot of Access Denied Error (20 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>Access_Denied_Installing_Net_3_5_Off.PNG</a><br />
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I need to enable the .NET 3.5 Windows feature in order to run a program that we use, but Windows continually bombs out when attempting to reach Windows Update Server in the process.

Things I've already tried...
I have excellent Internet connectivity
I've tried Offline Installer method with the Win 8.1 Enterprise DVD.
I've Tried Editing the Group Policy Settings to force it to install from the DVD
I've tried modifying the Registry to not use Windows Update
I've tried Powershell dism command to pull it from the DVD

Nothing seems to work.  I get an Access denied error and the dism log isn't helping me any when I scroll through it

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