Installing .net 2.0 SP2 Breaks .net, application fails to initialize

Question

User-1660295908 posted

On Windows XP I installed the .Net Framework 2.0 and my test aspx page worked fine. I then installed the .Net framework Service Pack 2 and then it breaks .Net. I get a Server Unavailable message and when I run  aspnet_regiis -i I get a C0000005 error with message 'The Application failed to initialize properly.'

FYI, I have Symantec Endpoint Protection installed on my PC.

I also installed NDP20SP2-KB958481-x86.exe hoping it would help but it did not.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

Thank You

Answer 1

User235272266 posted

try to uninstall and install framework if it work fine then leave it. else uninstall ur Symentec Endpoint Protection.  Because, latest update has the issue just uninstall  and install the older version of Symentec Endpoint Protection. jst restart the machine and check it may work. Recently i solved this issue to my friend. 
try this 

http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/aspnetwpexe-could-not-be-started-error-code-failure-c0000005-when-sep1105-installed

Answer 2

User-1660295908 posted

I thought I found some references to Symantec being the issue. I personally cannot  change the version of symantec but will pursue this with our desktop support.

 

Thank You for your help.