In alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati Paul wrote:
Ant wrote:
Hello.
I can't open my old ATI/AMD Radeon 4870 (512 MB of VRAM)'s video card driver
(13-9-legacy_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc_whql.exe)'s Catalyst Control Center GUI (still
can run its background install location\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CCC.exe process
though) in my over decade old, updated 64-bit W7 HPE SP1 PC. It used to work a few
months ago though so something broke. I tried uninstalling, rebooting, and
reinstalling AMD driver+CCC suite into a new directory, but it still didn't work.
I still can extend and unextend my 1920x1080 desktop to my secondary old dumb
21.5" Samsung SyncMaster T22B350ND HDTV with my primary 23.6" 16:9 1920x1080
pixels ASUS VS247H-P monitor. Both video connections are using DVI-VGA adapters
and VGA cables via an old Y2K OmniCube KVM. I don't think it is a hardware issue.
http://pastebin.com/raw/MBJP13hc for my detailed event logs and opening about
showing a crash with an unhandled exception with MS .NET Framework. What's the
problem? Is it my .NET? Something else? I hope I don't have to reinstall my W7
from scratch to get it back. 
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. 
This seems perfectly reasonable.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/arc...sion-of-the-os
"Windows 7 (all editions) includes
.NET Framework 3.5.1 as an OS component.
This means you will get the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2,
3.0 SP2 and
3.5 SP1
plus a few post 3.5 SP1 bug fixes.
*******
3.0 SP2 and 3.5 SP1 can be added or removed via the
Programs and Features control panel.
What the author really means, is 2.0 SP2 cannot be removed
via Windows Features. If your damage is in 3.0 or 3.5, you're
in luck, toggling the button, doing some reboots between button
state changes, could "repair" the v3.0 and v3.5 folders. Only
an OS Repair Install can fix the v2.0.50727 folder. SurCHECK
is unlikely to care about .NET, but you can try that if
in a mood to waste time. SurCHECK is the lame replacement
for the DISM feature Windows 7 never got backported from
later OSes. Since the features in question don't have a strong
OS component, the backport would likely have cost nothing for them.
https://i.postimg.cc/HLGkM5hw/Win7-repair.gif
CCC control panel relies on 2.0 SP2. 2.0 SP2 cannot be
removed or repaired, as it is part of the "base" OS.
Aaron Stebners "netfx_setupverifier_new.zip" confirms this
for us, although somewhat clumsily (as the tester menu
grays out and won't allow selecting just anything you want
to test). Aaron Stebner appears to be a Microsoft employee
from the .NET group, who has constructed cleaning and
verification tools for the great unwashed masses.
Is there an official web site for this program to download from?
The three .NET layers in question (2/3/3.5) share the same
CLR version number. Early versions of CCC relied on 2.0 ,
which is the one we can't fix without a Windows 7 Repair Install.
I could be quite wrong, but generally DISM/SFC are not focused
on .NET, because .NET started life totally separate
from the OS. Whereas today, things like the Windows Firewall
have a .NET dependency, and if Windows Firewall won't start,
the network stack can be held hostage (won't start either until
Firewall starts).
I know you're not interested in Repair Installs of your
Windows 7, so you can try the simple things and see how
they work out.
Thanks. According to
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/re...n-cat-win-13-9 web
page, it needs .NET Framework v4.5 -- "* The AMD Catalyst 13.9 Software
Suite requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed. Microsoft
..NET Framework 4.5 is included in all Catalyst packages)."
I wonder if there is a third party software to take over old CCC with
similiar features like checking statistcs, overriding fan speeds, video
options, etc.
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