
Install-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core -Source D:\sources\sxs Then, open up PowerShell as Administrator and use the following commands to install the feature: If you have it, insert your Windows 8 media into the disc drive (or USB if you have it on that). Yours isn't exactly the same problem, but the solution should be the same: I always have to forcefeed our servers the install by attaching the install media and running a PowerShell script to install the feature. NET 3.5 as a feature when joined to a domain. It looks like it's a similar same issue that plagues Server 2012 it can't seem to install. NET Framework, why does it need the older 3.5 version?


Tried using 'compatibility mode - Windows XP' and its still the same. I know my internet connection on the laptop is solid and its sitting right next to the router, so "unable to connect to the internet" seems like a BS error message. It stays like this for a while and eventually errors out with the following: If I click "Download and install this feature", I get the following screen: If I click 'skip' nothing happens and NCSDummy does not launch.

On Windows 8 (Build 9600), I get the following when I double click on NCSDummy.exe
