.NET Framework is f***ed
 

My computer has been in a downward spiral for the past 6 months. Errors occurs far more frequently as the days go on. Now, I can't even use my password manager without it freezing.

It is all my programs that use .NET framework, specifically 1.1 and 2 it seems. I have been trying to uninstall/repair/change them for the last two hours without success. Every time it errors out saying that this will affect other programs, the repair download was interrupted, I do not have rights to do this (I AM the Administrator), or I cannot run uninstallers whilst in Safe Mode. I've tried to run a Windows Update or Repair, but I do not get as far each time I try to reach Windows Update.

Now I am pulling my hair out, trying not to throw the DBAN disc in while screaming, "Fuck you!" Any tips before I declare DBA Thermal Nuclear War on this machine and hammer out an Ubuntu install?

No. Install linux and forget about it.

Got Kubuntu going... sorta. I really don't remember anything about how to use it though so I will next become a prominent poster in the New to Linux thread.

But my big programs I have up and running:
Firefox
Thunderbird
TrueCrypt
VLC
KeePass (wine)

I still have plenty to go to go up this learning curve.

I must say that the website looks super annoying in Linux. Both my browsers, Konqueror and Firefox, show TFP roughly the same but the fonts from one element to the vary widely.

Now, it seems each line of the outer boxes has a different size and style. For instance:
is much much smaller than . Even the text of a persons post is super large compared to the rest of the site.

Something has got to be wrong with my browser, but what?