any ideas on where to find a knowledgable forum about .NET software?

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Does anyone here know of one? I'm trying desparately to avoid MSDN. That's all I know of. I'm trying to understand "what is needed with what" when messing around with .NET components and the branches of installations that they've created off of the framework in general.

I recently read that subsequent version of .NET cannot be installed on a Windows OS unless a previous version of .NET is present. When I read things like this I don't trust it. That just doesn't make sense anyway. So I'm looking for some knowledgeable folks that aren't just working for MS for the purposes of answering questions on forums like MSDN. Anyone here have any advice? thanks guys.