Hi,
If you can’t download NET Framework 1.1 through Windows Update, you may consider installing it manually. You can download it from the following
website.
NET Framework 1.1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569264.aspx
By the way, as we mainly focus on the Server Manager question about Windows Server 2008 system and here is not the best support resource for Windows
XP, it is recommend you to get further support in the corresponding community so that you can get the most qualified pool of respondents. Thanks for your understanding.
For your convenience, I have list the related link as followed.
Windows XP newsgroup
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups.mspx
Best Regards,
Vincent Hu