Today I hade a small issue a a customer which I thought I write down since repetition is a good thing…

I was installing SQL on a Windows Server 2012 and I needed .NET Framework… this tends to be a little tricky since I did not have the media… So here we go.

1. Start the Group Policy Editor
2. Go to Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates – System
3. Enable Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair and select Contact Windows Update directly to download repair content
4. Use dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /all to start the install and wait for it to finish

That is all for today

/Johan