Updating Your Workstations for .NET

 

Why Update?

Upcoming versions of FactorSoft will incorporate Microsoft’s .NET Framework.  The Microsoft .NET 2.0 or higher must be installed on each FactorSoft workstation in order to use the new functionality. 

What is .NET?

.NET is a back-end framework from Microsoft that allows applications—like FactorSoft—to interact more smoothly with information, PCs, servers, databases, and users. For more information about .NET, visit Microsoft’s .NET homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/net/default.mspx 

What This Will Mean for You

The Microsoft .NET Framework requires minimum system requirements, both hardware and software.  Because of this, FactorSoft will require those minimums (or higher) as well.  For more details, visit .NET homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/net/default.mspx


Microsoft’s System Requirements for .NET Framework

Processor

.NET Minimum: 600 megahertz (MHz) Pentium processor, or an AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64 or AMD Athlon XP processor

Recommended: 800 MHz Pentium processor, or an AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64 or AMD Athlon XP processor

Operating System

x32-bit based systems: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 +, or Windows XP.

Recommended: Microsoft Windows XP SP2+
 

RAM

Minimum: 128 megabytes (MB)

Recommended: 256 MB +

Hard Disk Space

800MB (including 200MB for the .NET Framework Redistributable)

 

 

Running the Update

The executable to update .net components can be found on our ftp server: dotnetfx.exe

Or you may download the original from Microsoft’s website.

 

Save the executable, then open it to begin the installation.

 

Before installing the .NET Framework 2.0, it is recommended that you close all other applications on the workstation.

 

 

Click the Next button to continue. On the End-User License Agreement screen, you may read through the licensing terms, then to continue with the installation, you must check the I accept the terms of the License Agreement checkbox, then click the Install button.

 

 

During installation, the application will display a progress bar as it configures the workstation.

 

 

 

 

 

If the Files in Use screen appears, close the applications listed in the grid to continue with installation.

 

 

After installation, you will be notified when Setup is complete. Click Finish. Restart the workstation at this point.