I was trying to install a SQL Server component onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM, for self-enablement, but kept hitting blockers, most of which were due to missing dependencies, including the Microsoft .NET Framework.
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I finally obtained an up-do-date version of the latter here: -
specifically NDP452-KB2901907-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe.
From reading, it appeared that Data Execution Prevention (DEP) was getting in the way.
Having downloaded this, when I attempted to install, Windows kept throwing up exceptions similar to: -
dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64 setup has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
with detailed traces such as: -
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:NDP452-KB2901907-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe
Application Version:4.5.51209.34209
Application Timestamp:52bb74a6
Fault Module Name:StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version:0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:00000000
Exception Code:c0000008
Exception Offset:7695c0ea
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.274.10
Locale ID:2057
Additional Information 1:0a9e
Additional Information 2:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:0a9e
Additional Information 4:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:VSSetup
Problem Signature 01:Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Setup
Problem Signature 02:4.0.30319
Problem Signature 03:10.0.30319.1
Problem Signature 04:1
Problem Signature 05:unknown
Problem Signature 06:None_UI_Interactive_Crash
Problem Signature 07:0xc0000005
Problem Signature 08:0
Problem Signature 09:unknown
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.274.10
Locale ID:2057
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C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:NDP452-KB2901907-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe
Application Version:4.5.51209.34209
Application Timestamp:52bb74a6
Fault Module Name:StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version:0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:00000000
Exception Code:c0000008
Exception Offset:7695c0ea
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.274.10
Locale ID:2057
Additional Information 1:0a9e
Additional Information 2:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:0a9e
Additional Information 4:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:VSSetup
Problem Signature 01:Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Setup
Problem Signature 02:4.0.30319
Problem Signature 03:10.0.30319.1
Problem Signature 04:1
Problem Signature 05:unknown
Problem Signature 06:None_UI_Interactive_Crash
Problem Signature 07:0xc0000005
Problem Signature 08:0
Problem Signature 09:unknown
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.274.10
Locale ID:2057
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From reading, it appeared that Data Execution Prevention (DEP) was getting in the way.
I read various posts online, and finally found this: -
which described how to disable DEP at boot-time: -
Once I did this, and rebooted, the .NET Framework installed without problems, which is nice.