enable or disable windows features window is empty

While trying to solve my problem installing .NET 3.5 SP1, I found that my features window is empty.  Any ideas?

Hello

Please follow the steps here:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/931712

Resolve issues?

André "a programmer is just a tool that converts the caffeine in code" Deputy CLIP - http://www.winvistaside.de/

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