How to activate .net 3.5 using Group Policy

In windows 10, go to the search tab and type “Group Policy” and open the first result.

Once in the Greoup Policy window, open “Administrative Templates>System” and open “Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair”.

Change the policy as shown in the picture below:

Click on “Apply” and “Ok” and try installing .net 3.5 again, it will work as intended now. This workaround is useful if your local network does not allow a connection to the Microsoft WSUS servers or your organisation has a local WSUS server.

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How to auto-save command output to file using Command Prompt

To auto save command output in a text document, it is pretty easy. Just do the following:

  1. Open a cmd window
  2. input the command you want to save (for example ipconfig) you type as follows:
    ipconfig /all >ipconfig.txt;

    With that command the output will be saved in the new txt file you specified (in this case it is ipconfig.txt)

Using this command, you can save any command output in a txt file.

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How to install .Net 3.5 using DSIM

In many networks, you dont have access to Windows Updates server to download and install features for our windows 10 OS system. but Microsoft built a workaround for System Administrators who still needs this features on their stations.

Here is how to Enable it:

  • First we need to grab the .Net 3.5 file from here
  • After we save the .cab file somehwere on your computer we need to open a command prompt as admin (Windows key +S brings up the search tab, we just search for “cmd” and open it as Administrator.
  • After the CMD open opens, type the following:

Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /source:C:\ /LimitAccess 

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