.NET 1.1 Installation Problem

[osumatt]

Hi, our company is currently evaluating Installshield 11.5. We need an install to do the following:

- Installs on 2000, XP or 2003 only
- Make sure IE 6.0 is installed
- Make sure MDAC 2.8 is installed
- Make sure .NET 1.1 is installed
- Make sure Windows Installer 2.0 (2000, 2000SP1, 2000SP2) or 3.1 is installed
- Install our product's files
- Install MSDE instance & create database

I've spent a day or so creating an install to do all the following, and I've been fairly successful getting the install to do all the above. The problem I have is with .NET 1.1. On a clean 2000 system with no service packs applied, it gets to the part where it installs .NET 1.1, and after it successfully installs it, the installer comes back with the following error: '-1: Error installing Microsoft(R) .NET Framework.', the title of the messagebox is 'InstallShield' and only an OK button exists. When I hit OK, the installation of my product files begins(it says extracting product.msi). I figured out what the error was - after 1.1 is installed, the computer needs to reboot before installing 1.1 SP1. But for some reason Installshield won't force a reboot. Any ideas?????

My .NET Release settings:

.NET Framework Location: copy from Setup.exe
.NET Framework Version: .NET 1.1
Command Line Args: {blank}
.NET Core Language: English
Display .NET Option Dialog: No
Show full interface when installing .NET: Yes
Delay .NET Reboot: No

[MichaelU]

That installation scenario sounds pretty common, and I'm not specifically aware of this problem; would it be possible for you to get me some more information?

1) Have you seen this behavior only on Windows 2000 before SP1, whereas Windows 2000 with SP1 it works fine?
2) If you, after receiving the error during the install, but before a reboot to fix it, run dotnetfxsp1.exe (or a downloaded one from Microsoft) by double-clicking it, what errors do you get? Screenshot(s) would be wonderful if they're at all complicated.