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Originally Posted by CujoRbd

make sure that your security software is disabled completely before attempting the install.

did you try creating a new admin account on the computer and doing the install in that? could be something obscure wrong with your user account privileges that you are not aware of.

use the windows installer cleanup to remove anything left over in the Add/Remove Programs control panel for the .net stuff... then, go to Start->Run, type in "%temp%" and click OK. select all files in here and delete them. then run the .net 3.0 uninstaller and reboot. then, try re-installing the .net framework redistributable from the link above.

also, check the known problems with installation to make sure nothing there is causing the problem for you.

HTH

There was nothing in Add/Remove on the .NET framework since I had it previously cleaned before but I tried the Windows Installer Cleaner anyways and it only removed a Framework v2.0 entry, the .NET v3.0 uninstaller said it wasn't needed since it couldn't find any files to uninstall. Then, I also tried to re-install using the link and still get an installation error. I believe I DO need v2.0 installed since 3.0 is like an extension to it. But now it's screwed up and need an installer of that because in Windows Update it must check my registry since it still thinks I have Framework v2.0 because it offers me the Service Pack 1 for it.