i have a winxp sp3 cd,,it has a .net framework on it, i guess it's .net v1.0,,,and i think it is there by default but i'm not so sure about that, correct me if i'm wrong... btw, i never bought it in ms,, i'm sure you know what i mean or where i did i get it. may i ask if the original winxp sp3 cd doesn't have a .net framework or a dotnet folder in it's directory...thank you...