On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Jeff Wright <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Update (5/2009):  We just release an update to .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 that
> makes the Firefox plug in a per-user component.  This makes uninstall a LOT
> cleaner.. none of the steps below are required once this update is
> installed.
>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cecc
> 62dc-96a7-4657-af91-6383ba034eab<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cecc%0A62dc-96a7-4657-af91-6383ba034eab>
> http://tinyurl.com/cbx4me
>
> In .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, the .NET Framework Assistant enables Firefox to
> use the ClickOnce technology that is included in the .NET Framework. The
> .NET Framework Assistant is added at the machine-level to enable its
> functionality for all users on the machine. As a result, the Uninstall
> button is shown as unavailable in the Firefox Add-ons list because standard
> users are not permitted to uninstall machine-level components. In this
> update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and in Windows 7, the .NET Framework
> Assistant will be installed on a per-user basis. As a result, the Uninstall
> button will be functional in the Firefox Add-ons list."
>
> So we should forgive them for monkeying with Firefox because it took them a
quarter to respond to their own screw up??  I think not.

I have no problem with the availability of the component it is that they
decided that they would install it on my machine in the first place, in a
program that they didn't write.

-- 
John Duncan Yoyo
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