I noticed when installing Windows 2008 64BIT Entunder Add Features Wizard by default the.NET Framework 3.0 Features but its unchecked and not installed. In 64BIT 2003 ENT .NET Framework was NOT integrated into the OS and wasn't under Add\Remove Programs. In 2008 is at least .NET 1.1 or 2.0 already integrated into the OS and if we want 3.0 then we must select it. I have a bunch of 2.0 code and wanted to know if i have to install 2.0 or 3.0 or if it was already integrated. Thanks KP

I did find the following Registry Keys in the OS and wasn't sure if this indicated that 2.0 was already part of the Operating System. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{FEBEF00C-046D-438D-8A88-BF94A6C9E703}ComponentID REG_SZ .NETFrameworkVersion REG_SZ 2,0,50727,0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{7C028AF8-F614-47B3-82DA-BA94E41B1089}ComponentID REG_SZ .NETFrameworkVersion REG_SZ 2,0,50727,0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Fusion\References\Accessibility, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=msil\{2EC93463-B0C3-45E1-8364-327E96AEA856}{71F8EFBF-09AF-418D-91F1-52707CDFA274} REG_SZ .NET Framework Redist Setup HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32DisplayName REG_SZ Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X86ImagePath REG_EXPAND_SZ %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorsvw.exe HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_64DisplayName REG_SZ Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X64ImagePath REG_EXPAND_SZ %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\mscorsvw.exe

Hello, .net framework 2.0 is installed by default on Windows Server 2008. you can install .net framework 3.0using add feature wizard under server manager.

What is the correct way to install .Net 3.5 framework on Server 2008? I used "Add Feature" for .Net 3.0. I'm really surprised that .Net 3.5 does not appear to have shipped with Server 2008.

I was having a problem really close to this. I used the Windows Readiness tool and this was the output Unavailable repair files: winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-tahoma_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.22651_none_8e2614c1436c6be1.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-verdana_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18472_none_1c348ef5b4e88cf0.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-g..validatefntcache-02_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18472_none_a6945515d03f2289.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-arial_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.22651_none_d0dd1a447c240854.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-g..validatefntcache-02_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.22651_none_a7329354e94d6e41.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-tahoma_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18472_none_8d87d6822a5e2029.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-arial_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18472_none_d03edc056315bc9c.manifest winsxs\manifests\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-verdana_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.22651_none_1cd2cd34cdf6d8a8.manifest So all I did was copy the Verdana and Tahoma fonts from a working 2008 machine and voila, Server Manager and Event Viewer started working again. I spent DAYS on this problem. I hope this helps some other people!