How can I install .NET framework 3.5 on XP machines without internet connection?

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Published on 2009-08-11T07:52:16Z Indexed on 2012/06/16 3:19 UTC
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I want to install .NET framework 3.5 on a couple of machines that do not have internet access. If I install the "no internet access"-package it still wants to download something. How can I figure out what is missing? Are there other installation packages?

Edit: I would present screenshots but I cannot upload anything from here and the shots would be in german. So I present only the text translated back to english...

Installing the "full redistributable package":
At the bottom of the license agreement page it display this text:

Size of download file: 67 MB
Appoximate download time: 2h 44min (56KBit/s) 18min (512KBit/s)

It shows the text even if I installed Windows Installer 3.1.

After agreeing it displays the "Download and Installation Status"-Dialog with a progress bar labeled "Download:" and

Status: Connection to server attempted (try X of 5).
Total Download Status: 56MB/67MB

I tried it in a VM with no network connection. It tries 5 times while the progress bar shows progress. Later the progress bar is labeled "Installation:". Even later it reports problems during setup and provides two buttons "Send Report Later" and "Don't Send". Now here it comes: "Setup completed" and "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 has been deinstalled successfully." (Emphasis is mine)
"It is recommended to install current service packs and security updates. More information at Windows Update (link)."

Edit2: Installed Service Pack 3, but still no success.

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