How to Install. NET Framework 3. Windows 8 or Windows 8. It was not as smooth as I thought while installing the Windows 8. OS in my laptop. Though the OS and other major software installation was smooth, but I faced lots of issues while installing some softwares that need. NET Framework 3. 5. Did lots of analysis, tried various methods to install the framework but all failed. At the end I got an perfect solution which resolved the problem. Thought to share in case you faced similar, will help you. Malwarebytes 2.0 Serials on this page. In the last article in this series I showed you how to install Google Desktop so we could get the very cool Google Sidebar, which is the container for the even cooler. Should I remove Windows Sidebar by Microsoft Windows Sidebar is a long, vertical bar that is displayed on the side of your desktop. Issue. As I formatted my hard drive and installed Windows 8. Preview as a fresh operating system, my system was completely blank and I had to install all the other softwares one by one. This is really a hectic job but it should not be that much problematic if the Windows installation provided me the. NET Framework 3. 5 by default. Yes, I faced hell lot of issues installing. NET Framework in Windows 8. Live Essential 2. Though I was trying to install it from various package, it was asking me all the time to install. NET Framework 3. 5. IC460699.jpg' alt='Install Sidebar Windows Server 2008' title='Install Sidebar Windows Server 2008' />I was shocked when I saw the system asking me to Install. NET Framework 3. 5 before installing. NET Framework 3. 5. I recently added some new Windows Server 2012 R2 servers to my environment for a project Im working on. So far I really like this operating system, and Im getting. System Monitor II 24. A useful sidebar gadget that enables you to monitor the health of your computer by keeping an eye. 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I know it already from my past experience with the software. My struggle starts at this point when I saw the same screen when trying the install the package i. NET Framework 3. 5 to install the. NET Framework 3. 5 itself. Isnt it too annoying when it placed itself in a deadlock Thats a perfect example. I tried it twice from the same installation package and when failed, tried to download the installer from online by clicking the Download and install this feature button from the wizard. My bad, that threw me an Error Code 0x. F0. 81. F with a message stating Windows couldnt find required files, that means, the installer package link has been moved to a different location. In the next step, I downloaded a new installer package from Microsoft Download Centre, same happened. Cost Install Sprinkler System Yard. WTH Now I tried downloading it from the MSDN subscriber page. Had a bad luck for sure. Got the same screen with the same error message. Tried searching online and then tweeted about the error and the Windows Support Team replied. They asked me to post a Forum thread stating the issue. OMG They dont have the answer tooI spent a huge time its more than 3 hours I assume to find out the issue and finally left the PC intact, posted a forum thread and went to sleep as it was late night in India already. In the morning I woke up early generally I dont and tried installing the same again but didnt get any clue whats going wrong here. Didnt get any proper solution in the forum too. I dont think some one already faced andor solved this issue. In the next step of my struggle, I tried to install it from the Control Panel Programs and Features Turn Windows features on or off. NET framework 3. 5 includes. NET 2. 0 and 3. 0, as shown here but that was also not a good try for me. Tried searching in the Windows 8. ISO image. If it is require by few applications, why dont Microsoft provide it with the Windows OS itself. This way the end user will not suffer a lot downloading and installing it. Thats a good thought but when I posted it in my Facebook page, got different replies from different people. Thats a long story. Will not cover that here but yes, it comes with the Windows package but not available as part of the installation by default. Read my next point to know more about it. Final Solution. Finally, I found a solution in an MSDN article shared by Suprotim Agarwal sir which helped me to resolve the issue. When this kind of issue happens with the. NET Framework installer package, we can install it directly from the Windows installation media using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool, in short DISM command line tool,  that helps you to extract the image from the Windows installer package and install it in the system. The. NET Framework package is available under the sourcessxs folder of the Windows installation media and if you try to find the framework installer, you will not get it there. You have to use the DISM tool for that. To install the. NET Framework from the Windows installation media, open the Command Prompt in administrator mode and provide the following command DISM  Online  Enable Feature  Feature. Name Net. Fx. 3  All  Limit. Access  Source x sourcessxswhere Online targets the operating system youre running instead of an offline Windows image. Enable Feature Feature. Name Net. Fx. 3 specifies that you want to enable the. NET Framework 3. 5. All enables all parent features of the. NET Framework 3. 5. Limit. Access prevents DISM from contacting Windows Update. Source specifies the location of the files needed to restore the feature in this example, the x sourcessxs directory. Once I provided the above command in the console window, it started installing it from the Windows Installation Media. In my case, it was the ISO image of the Windows 8. Preview mounted to a virtual DVD ROM. My Question to Microsoft. After struggling a lot, my simple question to the Microsoft Windows team who packed the installer Why dont you provide the said and required frameworks installed by default with the Windows installation When I asked the same question to my friends available in Facebook, I got many stated that it would be a huge install and hence will take a lot of time. Someone stated that, it would need a big installation media and hence it would not be accommodated within a 3. GB ISO image. NET Framework is not too huge. Max to max it will take 2. MB additional space if not already provided within the ISO image. If it comes with the default installation, people will not face such kind of issues that I faced while installing. NET Framework 3. 5. As it is used by many applications till date, it would be a good idea to pack it as the standard installation of the OS. The good news is it comes by default with the Windows Installer package but the bad news is it comes as an optional component. Hence, it will not make the installation media a bigger one as it is already there. Just the point is that, we dont know in general that it comes by default with the package which we can directly install using the DISM tool without downloading additional setup from internet. So, the question again comes Why. NET 2. 0,. NET 3. NET 3. 5 are not part of the standard Windows installation and I am still inside a dark big cloud until I get a suitable answer from Microsoft. I know, you will also like to get this answered from Microsoft and will be glad if they provide it by default with the Windows Installation. Credit. It was a long post I know but I wanted to share with you my experience struggling to find the solution.