unable to install dot net

Win XP Pro SP 2
768 Megs memory
AMD 1800 Cpu

I have been unable to install Dot net 1.1 or 2 on my system. I have downloaded it from Windows update and will download but will not install. Shows updates not installed. All other updates seem to work fine. I have uninstalled all old dot net items and ran a cleaner for dot net as well. Windows update now shows 0 megs to download and will go straight to installation and then fail. I have done what I could find on the net with a google seach and do not understand the MS site as to this problem. All other functions seem to run fine except those that require dot net.
Any help appreciated.

 

i THINK u can purge the wudir in \windows\softwaredistribution as i THINK that the downloads are probably corrupt but ... wait to hear from someone who really knows this stuff as i'm just guessing here.

otherwise, u can go get the full redistributables for 1 and 2 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?pocId=&freetext=.net&DisplayLang=en

and then just plain install them directly.