XP Services question

[abrodski]

Hello!

I noticed that I have those 2 processes in Add or Remove Programs...Also when I was installing DivX ,I think the 2nd process was added ...and the 1st (.NET) I think I added when I came to Windows Update on MS site (in Software Optional components)....
So do I intentinally have to install those (I mean-say, if I re-install XP) ? or I don't have to worry about it?
My concern is that maybe without those 2 something won't work right...? For instance,I use Apache-Xampp-My SQL-Php-Joomla! and hMailServer...

 

[abrodski]

Sorry-forgot to name those 2...🙂
its
1) MS .NET Framework;
2) MS Visual C++ 2005 Redistributables

 

[MrChad]

.NET Framework is required to run applications written in a .NET language. If you don't run .NET applications (I don't believe those you mentioned are .NET-based), you don't need the framework, although it doesn't hurt anything to have it there.

Visual C++ 2005 redistributables are used need to run applications compiled under Visual C++. Again, it's only needed if you run those applications. In most cases, if an app requires the redistributables, it will install them during its own setup process.

 

[abrodski]

So simply put,I don't have to worry about those and Xampp-Joomla-Apache-Php-My SQL won't require me to have those 2 things on my PC to work right?

 

[RebateMonger]

n.m.

 

[abrodski]

what is n.m.?

 

[Dahak]

nevermind ; he may have mentioned something but then found it would not fit what the discussion is about

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: Dahak
nevermind ; he may have mentioned something but then found it would not fit what the discussion is about

Yeah, I was going to write something about the C++ Redistributable and how I used to run into TONS of XP boxes that had this missing, with lots of errors in the Event Logs.

But it's really not that relevant....