diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Config/Log4Net.xml b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Config/Log4Net.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e9d81a6..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Config/Log4Net.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<log4net debug="false">
-  
-  <appender name="AspNetTraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AspNetTraceAppender">
-    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-      <conversionPattern value="[%thread] %-5level - %message" />
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-  
-  <appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
-    <file value="Logs/log.txt" />
-    <appendToFile value="true" />
-    <rollingStyle value="Size" />
-    <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
-    <maximumFileSize value="100KB" />
-    <staticLogFileName value="true" />
-    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-      <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <appender name="TraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.TraceAppender">
-      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-        <conversionPattern value="%-5level %M - %message%newline" />
-      </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <appender name="MemoryAppender" type="log4net.Appender.MemoryAppender">
-     <!-- simple appender to get results to UI -->
-  </appender>
-
-  <!-- Set default logging level to DEBUG -->
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-    <!--<appender-ref ref="AspNetTraceAppender" />-->
-    <appender-ref ref="TraceAppender" />
-    <appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
-  </root>
-  <!--
-    In Spring.NET there is a 1-1 correspondence between the logger name and
-    the namespace of the class doing the logging...
-  -->
-  <logger name="Spring">
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="NHibernate">
-    <level value="INFO" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="NHibernate.SQL">
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="Spring.Transaction>">
-    <level value="INFO" />
-    <appender-ref ref="MemoryAppender" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="Spring.Northwind">
-    <level value="INFO" />
-    <appender-ref ref="MemoryAppender" />
-  </logger>
-</log4net>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation.csproj b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation.csproj
index aa163804c..a7749079c 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation.csproj
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation.csproj
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="App_Themes\Spring\Spring.skin" />
     <Content Include="Config\Aspects.xml" />
-    <Content Include="Config\Log4Net.xml" />
     <Content Include="Shared\MasterPage.master" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -166,10 +165,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="App_Data\" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="Web.net30.config" />
-    <Content Include="Web.net40.config" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
     <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
@@ -203,7 +198,4 @@
       </FlavorProperties>
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PostBuildEvent>copy "$(ProjectDir)Web.net40.config"  "$(ProjectDir)Web.config" /Y</PostBuildEvent>
-  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.config
index ae1afd23c..c88fc09e5 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.config
@@ -9,26 +9,12 @@
 -->
 <configuration>
   <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
     <sectionGroup name="spring">
       <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
       <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
     </sectionGroup>
     <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
   </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net1213">
-        <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-        <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-        <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-        <arg key="configType" value="FILE-WATCH"/>
-        <arg key="configFile" value="~/Config/Log4Net.xml"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
   <spring>
     <parsers>
       <parser type="Spring.Data.Config.DatabaseNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
@@ -57,7 +43,7 @@
       <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
 			<!--<add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate21"/>-->
       <!--Module that controls the conversations at the end of the request. Ends the Conversations in timeout and pause the conversations at the end of the request.-->
-      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32"/>
+      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate5"/>
     </httpModules>
     <httpHandlers>
       <add verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
@@ -76,7 +62,7 @@
       <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
       <!--<add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate21"/>-->
       <!--Module that controls the conversations at the end of the request. Ends the Conversations in timeout and pause the conversations at the end of the request.-->
-      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32"/>
+      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate5"/>
     </modules>
     <handlers>
       <add name="SpringPageHandler" verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.net30.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.net30.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 44279e227..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.net30.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
-    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
-    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
-    A full list of settings and comments can be found in
-    machine.config.comments usually located in
-    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
--->
-<configuration>
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <sectionGroup name="spring">
-      <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
-      <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
-  </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net1213">
-        <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-        <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-        <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-        <arg key="configType" value="FILE-WATCH"/>
-        <arg key="configFile" value="~/Config/Log4Net.xml"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  <spring>
-    <parsers>
-      <parser type="Spring.Data.Config.DatabaseNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-      <parser type="Spring.Transaction.Config.TxNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-    </parsers>
-    <context>
-      <resource uri="~/Config/Aspects.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Dao.NHibernate/Spring.Northwind.Dao/DaoConversation.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Service/Spring.Northwind.Service/Services.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="~/Web.xml"/>
-    </context>
-  </spring>
-  <!-- These properties are referenced in Dao.xml -->
-  <databaseSettings>
-    <add key="db.datasource" value=".\SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security=true; AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|northwnd.mdf; User Instance=true;"/>
-    <add key="db.user" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.password" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.database" value="Northwind"/>
-  </databaseSettings>
-  <appSettings>
-    <add key="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule.SessionFactoryObjectName" value="NHibernateSessionFactory"/>
-  </appSettings>
-  <connectionStrings/>
-  <system.web>
-    <httpModules>
-      <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
-			<!--<add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate21"/>-->
-      <!--Module that controls the conversations at the end of the request. Ends the Conversations in timeout and pause the conversations at the end of the request.-->
-      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32"/>
-    </httpModules>
-    <httpHandlers>
-      <add verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-			<add verb="*" path="*.asmx" type="Spring.Web.Services.WebServiceHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add verb="*" path="ContextMonitor.ashx" type="Spring.Web.Support.ContextMonitor, Spring.Web"/>
-    </httpHandlers>
-    <compilation debug="true"/>
-    <pages theme="Spring">
-      <controls>
-        <add tagPrefix="spring" namespace="Spring.Web.UI.Controls" assembly="Spring.Web"/>
-      </controls>
-    </pages>
-  </system.web>
-  <system.webServer>
-    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
-    <modules>
-      <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
-      <!--<add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate21"/>-->
-      <!--Module that controls the conversations at the end of the request. Ends the Conversations in timeout and pause the conversations at the end of the request.-->
-      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32"/>
-    </modules>
-    <handlers>
-      <add name="SpringPageHandler" verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add name="SpringContextMonitor" verb="*" path="ContextMonitor.ashx" type="Spring.Web.Support.ContextMonitor, Spring.Web"/>
-    </handlers>
-  </system.webServer>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.net40.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.net40.config
deleted file mode 100644
index ae1afd23c..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.net40.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
-    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
-    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
-    A full list of settings and comments can be found in
-    machine.config.comments usually located in
-    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
--->
-<configuration>
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <sectionGroup name="spring">
-      <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
-      <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
-  </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net1213">
-        <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-        <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-        <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-        <arg key="configType" value="FILE-WATCH"/>
-        <arg key="configFile" value="~/Config/Log4Net.xml"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  <spring>
-    <parsers>
-      <parser type="Spring.Data.Config.DatabaseNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-      <parser type="Spring.Transaction.Config.TxNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-    </parsers>
-    <context>
-      <resource uri="~/Config/Aspects.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Dao.NHibernate/Spring.Northwind.Dao/DaoConversation.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Service/Spring.Northwind.Service/Services.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="~/Web.xml"/>
-    </context>
-  </spring>
-  <!-- These properties are referenced in Dao.xml -->
-  <databaseSettings>
-    <add key="db.datasource" value=".\SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security=true; AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|northwnd.mdf; User Instance=true;"/>
-    <add key="db.user" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.password" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.database" value="Northwind"/>
-  </databaseSettings>
-  <appSettings>
-    <add key="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule.SessionFactoryObjectName" value="NHibernateSessionFactory"/>
-  </appSettings>
-  <connectionStrings/>
-  <system.web>
-    <httpModules>
-      <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
-			<!--<add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate21"/>-->
-      <!--Module that controls the conversations at the end of the request. Ends the Conversations in timeout and pause the conversations at the end of the request.-->
-      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32"/>
-    </httpModules>
-    <httpHandlers>
-      <add verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add verb="*" path="ContextMonitor.ashx" type="Spring.Web.Support.ContextMonitor, Spring.Web"/>
-    </httpHandlers>
-    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
-    <pages theme="Spring" controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID">
-      <controls>
-        <add tagPrefix="spring" namespace="Spring.Web.UI.Controls" assembly="Spring.Web"/>
-      </controls>
-    </pages>
-  </system.web>
-  <system.webServer>
-    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
-    <modules>
-      <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
-      <!--<add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate21"/>-->
-      <!--Module that controls the conversations at the end of the request. Ends the Conversations in timeout and pause the conversations at the end of the request.-->
-      <add name="ConversationModule" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.HttpModule.ConversationModule, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32"/>
-    </modules>
-    <handlers>
-      <add name="SpringPageHandler" verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add name="SpringContextMonitor" verb="*" path="ContextMonitor.ashx" type="Spring.Web.Support.ContextMonitor, Spring.Web"/>
-    </handlers>
-  </system.webServer>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.xml b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.xml
index 1c7199e49..5f174e72f 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.xml
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web.Conversation/Web.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
   <!--Conversation for 'Default.aspx'-->
   <!--"convDefault" will have only one functionality: trigger the release of other conversations when started (StartResumeConversation())-->
-  <object name="convDefault" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.WebConversationSpringState, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32" scope="session">
+  <object name="convDefault" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.WebConversationSpringState, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate5" scope="session">
     <property name="Id" value="convDefault"></property>
     <property name="TimeOut" value="0"></property>
     <property name="ConversationManager" ref="conversationManager"></property>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   
   <!--Conversation for 'CustomerEditor.aspx', 'CustomerList.aspx', 'CustomerOrders.aspx', 'CustomerView.aspx',  and 'FulfillmentResult.aspx'-->
   <!--Important: If the application had other parties ("management employees" for example), they should use another conversation.-->
-  <object name="convCustomer" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.WebConversationSpringState, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32" scope="session">
+  <object name="convCustomer" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.WebConversationSpringState, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate5" scope="session">
     <property name="Id" value="convCustomer"></property>
     <property name="TimeOut" value="0"></property>
     <property name="ConversationManager" ref="conversationManager"></property>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   </object>
   
   <!--Conversation Manager-->
-  <object name="conversationManager" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.WebConversationManager, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate32" scope="session">
+  <object name="conversationManager" type="Spring.Web.Conversation.WebConversationManager, Spring.Web.Conversation.NHibernate5" scope="session">
     <property name="SessionFactoryName" value="NHibernateSessionFactory"/>
     <property name="EndPaused" value="true"/>
   </object>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Config/Log4Net.xml b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Config/Log4Net.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cecc333ea..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Config/Log4Net.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<log4net debug="false">
-  
-  <appender name="AspNetTraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AspNetTraceAppender">
-    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-      <conversionPattern value="[%thread] %-5level - %message" />
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-  
-  <appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
-    <file value="Logs/log.txt" />
-    <appendToFile value="true" />
-    <rollingStyle value="Size" />
-    <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
-    <maximumFileSize value="100KB" />
-    <staticLogFileName value="true" />
-    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-      <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <appender name="TraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.TraceAppender">
-      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-        <conversionPattern value="%-5level %M - %message%newline" />
-      </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <appender name="MemoryAppender" type="log4net.Appender.MemoryAppender">
-     <!-- simple appender to get results to UI -->
-  </appender>
-
-  <!-- Set default logging level to DEBUG -->
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-    <!--<appender-ref ref="AspNetTraceAppender" />-->
-    <appender-ref ref="TraceAppender" />
-    <appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
-  </root>
-  <!--
-    In Spring.NET there is a 1-1 correspondence between the logger name and
-    the namespace of the class doing the logging...
-  -->
-  <logger name="Spring">
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="NHibernate">
-    <level value="INFO" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="Spring.Transaction>">
-    <level value="INFO" />
-    <appender-ref ref="MemoryAppender" />
-  </logger>
-  <logger name="Spring.Northwind">
-    <level value="INFO" />
-    <appender-ref ref="MemoryAppender" />
-  </logger>
-</log4net>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Spring.Northwind.Web.csproj b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Spring.Northwind.Web.csproj
index 7ce61e1f8..d1ebc3555 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Spring.Northwind.Web.csproj
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Spring.Northwind.Web.csproj
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="App_Themes\Spring\Spring.skin" />
     <Content Include="Config\Aspects.xml" />
-    <Content Include="Config\Log4Net.xml" />
     <Content Include="Shared\MasterPage.master" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.config
index 53a6508e7..49fa6624a 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.config
@@ -9,26 +9,12 @@
 -->
 <configuration>
   <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
     <sectionGroup name="spring">
       <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
       <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
     </sectionGroup>
     <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
   </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net1213">
-        <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-        <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-        <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-        <arg key="configType" value="FILE-WATCH"/>
-        <arg key="configFile" value="~/Config/Log4Net.xml"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
   <spring>
     <parsers>
       <parser type="Spring.Data.Config.DatabaseNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.net30.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.net30.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbbf1f89..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.net30.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
-    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
-    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
-    A full list of settings and comments can be found in
-    machine.config.comments usually located in
-    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
--->
-<configuration>
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <sectionGroup name="spring">
-      <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
-      <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
-  </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net">
-        <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-        <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-        <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-        <arg key="configType" value="FILE-WATCH"/>
-        <arg key="configFile" value="~/Config/Log4Net.xml"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  <spring>
-    <parsers>
-      <parser type="Spring.Data.Config.DatabaseNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-      <parser type="Spring.Transaction.Config.TxNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-    </parsers>
-    <context>
-      <resource uri="~/Config/Aspects.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Dao.NHibernate/Spring.Northwind.Dao/Dao.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Service/Spring.Northwind.Service/Services.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="~/Web.xml"/>
-    </context>
-  </spring>
-  <!-- These properties are referenced in Dao.xml -->
-  <databaseSettings>
-    <add key="db.datasource" value=".\SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security=true; AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|northwnd.mdf; User Instance=true;"/>
-    <add key="db.user" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.password" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.database" value="Northwind"/>
-  </databaseSettings>
-  <appSettings>
-    <add key="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule.SessionFactoryObjectName" value="NHibernateSessionFactory"/>
-  </appSettings>
-  <connectionStrings/>
-  <system.web>
-    <httpModules>
-      <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate32"/>
-    </httpModules>
-    <httpHandlers>
-      <add verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add verb="*" path="ContextMonitor.ashx" type="Spring.Web.Support.ContextMonitor, Spring.Web"/>
-    </httpHandlers>
-    <compilation debug="true"/>
-    <pages theme="Spring">
-      <controls>
-        <add tagPrefix="spring" namespace="Spring.Web.UI.Controls" assembly="Spring.Web"/>
-      </controls>
-    </pages>
-  </system.web>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.net40.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.net40.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cd83250a..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/src/Spring.Northwind.Web/Web.net40.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-    Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the
-    web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use
-    the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio.
-    A full list of settings and comments can be found in
-    machine.config.comments usually located in
-    \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config
--->
-<configuration>
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <sectionGroup name="spring">
-      <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
-      <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
-    <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
-  </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net">
-        <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-        <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-        <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-        <arg key="configType" value="FILE-WATCH"/>
-        <arg key="configFile" value="~/Config/Log4Net.xml"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  <spring>
-    <parsers>
-      <parser type="Spring.Data.Config.DatabaseNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-      <parser type="Spring.Transaction.Config.TxNamespaceParser, Spring.Data"/>
-    </parsers>
-    <context>
-      <resource uri="~/Config/Aspects.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Dao.NHibernate/Spring.Northwind.Dao/Dao.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="assembly://Spring.Northwind.Service/Spring.Northwind.Service/Services.xml"/>
-      <resource uri="~/Web.xml"/>
-    </context>
-  </spring>
-  <!-- These properties are referenced in Dao.xml -->
-  <databaseSettings>
-    <add key="db.datasource" value=".\SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security=true; AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|northwnd.mdf; User Instance=true;"/>
-    <add key="db.user" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.password" value="springqa"/>
-    <add key="db.database" value="Northwind"/>
-  </databaseSettings>
-  <appSettings>
-    <add key="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule.SessionFactoryObjectName" value="NHibernateSessionFactory"/>
-  </appSettings>
-  <connectionStrings/>
-  <system.web>
-    <httpModules>
-      <add name="Spring" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebSupportModule, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add name="OpenSessionInView" type="Spring.Data.NHibernate.Support.OpenSessionInViewModule, Spring.Data.NHibernate32"/>
-    </httpModules>
-    <httpHandlers>
-      <add verb="*" path="*.aspx" type="Spring.Web.Support.PageHandlerFactory, Spring.Web"/>
-      <add verb="*" path="ContextMonitor.ashx" type="Spring.Web.Support.ContextMonitor, Spring.Web"/>
-    </httpHandlers>
-    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
-    <pages theme="Spring" controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID">
-      <controls>
-        <add tagPrefix="spring" namespace="Spring.Web.UI.Controls" assembly="Spring.Web"/>
-      </controls>
-    </pages>
-  </system.web>
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/App.config
index ca24affbc..1b2aebcf2 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/App.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/App.config
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
     <sectionGroup name="spring">
       <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core" />
     </sectionGroup>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
-    </sectionGroup>
     <section name="databaseSettings" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler, System, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
-    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" />
   </configSections>
 
   <spring>
@@ -26,44 +22,4 @@
     <add key="db.database" value="Northwind" />
   </databaseSettings>
 
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-        <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net">
-            <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-            <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-            <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-            <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />
-            <arg key="configFile" value="filename" />
-        </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  
-  <log4net>
-    <appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
-      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-        <conversionPattern value="%-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
-      </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <!-- Set default logging level to DEBUG -->
-    <root>
-      <level value="DEBUG" />
-      <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
-    </root>
-
-    <!-- Set logging for Spring.  Logger names in Spring correspond to the namespace -->
-    <logger name="Spring">
-      <level value="INFO" />
-    </logger>
-    
-    <logger name="Spring.Data">
-      <level value="DEBUG" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="NHibernate">
-      <level value="INFO" />
-    </logger>
-
-
-  </log4net>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/NorthwindIntegrationTests.cs b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/NorthwindIntegrationTests.cs
index a9ee9a6c9..a4b311da0 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/NorthwindIntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate.Northwind/test/Spring.Northwind.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests/NorthwindIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public void CustomerDaoTests()
             c.CompanyName = "Interface21";
             customerDao.Save(c);
             c = customerDao.Get("MPOLL");
-            Assert.That("MPOLL", Is.EqualTo(c.Id));
-            Assert.That("Interface21", Is.EqualTo(c.CompanyName));
+            Assert.That(c.Id, Is.EqualTo("MPOLL"));
+            Assert.That(c.CompanyName, Is.EqualTo("Interface21"));
 
             //Without flushing, nothing changes in the database:
             int customerCount = (int)AdoTemplate.ExecuteScalar(CommandType.Text, "select count(*) from Customers");
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ public void CustomerDaoTests()
             customerDao.Update(c);
 
             c = customerDao.Get("MPOLL");
-            Assert.That("MPOLL", Is.EqualTo(c.Id));
-            Assert.That("SpringSource", Is.EqualTo(c.CompanyName));
+            Assert.That(c.Id, Is.EqualTo("MPOLL"));
+            Assert.That(c.CompanyName, Is.EqualTo("SpringSource"));
 
             customerDao.Delete(c);
 
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/App.config
deleted file mode 100644
index c426ef8c6..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/App.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<configuration>
-  
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
-    </sectionGroup>
-  </configSections>
-
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/GenericTemplate/ExampleTests.cs b/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/GenericTemplate/ExampleTests.cs
index dd19834e4..cddb0d124 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/GenericTemplate/ExampleTests.cs
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/GenericTemplate/ExampleTests.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public void QueryForObjectDaoTest()
         {
             QueryForObjectDao dao = ctx["queryForObjectDao"] as QueryForObjectDao;
             Customer customer = dao.GetCustomer("Hanna Moos");
-            Assert.That("Hanna Moos", Is.EqualTo(customer.ContactName));
+            Assert.That(customer.ContactName, Is.EqualTo("Hanna Moos"));
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/Template/ExampleTests.cs b/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/Template/ExampleTests.cs
index 0b0f98ccc..39591708d 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/Template/ExampleTests.cs
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.DataQuickStart.Tests/DataQuickStart/Template/ExampleTests.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public void QueryForObjectDaoTest()
         {
             QueryForObjectDao dao = ctx["queryForObjectDao"] as QueryForObjectDao;
             Customer customer = dao.GetCustomer("Hanna Moos");
-            Assert.That("Hanna Moos", Is.EqualTo(customer.ContactName));            
+            Assert.That(customer.ContactName, Is.EqualTo("Hanna Moos"));            
         }
         
         [Test]
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Client/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Client/App.config
index d5aeb1ced..09bf058cd 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Client/App.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Client/App.config
@@ -18,15 +18,4 @@
 
   </spring>
 
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Server/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Server/App.config
index d49439c2f..89d58e310 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Server/App.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.MsmqQuickStart.Server/App.config
@@ -19,15 +19,4 @@
 
   </spring>
 
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Client/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Client/App.config
index e555b49b8..ad44d08bd 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Client/App.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Client/App.config
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
       <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
     </sectionGroup>
 
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
-    </sectionGroup>
-    
   </configSections>
 
   <spring>
@@ -27,18 +23,6 @@
 
     </parsers>
 
-
   </spring>
 
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Server/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Server/App.config
index 0b06dbcec..3ecc54552 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Server/App.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart/src/Spring/Spring.NmsQuickStart.Server/App.config
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
       <section name="parsers" type="Spring.Context.Support.NamespaceParsersSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
     </sectionGroup>
 
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
-    </sectionGroup>
-    
   </configSections>
 
   <spring>
@@ -28,18 +24,6 @@
 
     </parsers>
 
-
   </spring>
 
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.Scheduling.Quartz.Example/src/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.Scheduling.Quartz.Example/src/App.config
deleted file mode 100644
index ea5d10e96..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.Scheduling.Quartz.Example/src/App.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<configuration>
-
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
-    </sectionGroup>
-
-  </configSections>
-
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  
-	<runtime>
-		<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
-			<dependentAssembly>
-				<assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="AF08829B84F0328E" culture="neutral" />
-				<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.4.1.0" newVersion="3.4.1.0" />
-			</dependentAssembly>
-		</assemblyBinding>
-	</runtime>
-</configuration>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.TxQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.TxQuickStart.Tests/App.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.TxQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.TxQuickStart.Tests/App.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fea0d746..000000000
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.TxQuickStart/test/Spring/Spring.TxQuickStart.Tests/App.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<configuration>
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
-    </sectionGroup>
-
-    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" />
-    
-  </configSections>
-
-  <!--
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.ConsoleOutLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="showLogName" value="true" />
-        <arg key="showDataTime" value="true" />
-        <arg key="level" value="TRACE" />
-        <arg key="dateTimeFormat" value="yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss:fff" />
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
-  -->
-
-
-    <common>
-      <logging>
-        <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net1215">
-          <!-- choices are INLINE, FILE, FILE-WATCH, EXTERNAL-->
-          <!-- otherwise BasicConfigurer.Configure is used   -->
-          <!-- log4net configuration file is specified with key configFile-->
-          <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />
-        </factoryAdapter>
-      </logging>
-    </common>
-
-
-    <log4net>
-      <appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-          <conversionPattern value="%-5level - %message%newline" />
-        </layout>
-      </appender>
-
-      <!-- Set default logging level to DEBUG -->
-      <root>
-        <level value="TRACE" />
-        <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
-      </root>
-
-
-      <!-- Set logging for Spring to INFO.  
-         Logger names in Spring correspond to the namespace -->
-      
-      <logger name="Spring">
-        <level value="INFO" />
-      </logger>
-      
-      <!--
-      <logger name="Spring.Data">
-        <level value="DEBUG" />
-      </logger>
-      -->
-
-      <logger name="Spring.Transaction">
-        <level value="DEBUG" />
-      </logger>
-
-
-    </log4net>
-
-</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.2005/Web.Config b/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.2005/Web.Config
index eafc17ea0..086bab028 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.2005/Web.Config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.2005/Web.Config
@@ -5,18 +5,7 @@
       <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web" requirePermission="false"/>
       <section name="objects" type="Spring.Context.Support.DefaultSectionHandler, Spring.Core" requirePermission="false"/>
     </sectionGroup>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" requirePermission="false"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
   </configSections>
-  <!-- to see logging output in the attached debugger -->
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.TraceLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="level" value="ALL"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
   <!--
     For a description of web.config changes see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235367.
 
diff --git a/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.Providers/Web.config b/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.Providers/Web.config
index f5a0268fe..c93c7d7ce 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.Providers/Web.config
+++ b/examples/Spring/Spring.WebQuickStart/src/Spring.WebQuickStart.Providers/Web.config
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
   <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="common">
-      <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging"/>
-    </sectionGroup>
     <sectionGroup name="spring">
       <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.WebContextHandler, Spring.Web"/>
       <section name="objects" type="Spring.Context.Support.DefaultSectionHandler, Spring.Core"/>
     </sectionGroup>
   </configSections>
-  <common>
-    <logging>
-      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Simple.TraceLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging">
-        <arg key="level" value="ALL"/>
-      </factoryAdapter>
-    </logging>
-  </common>
   <spring>
     <context>
       <resource uri="~/Config/Web.xml"/>
diff --git a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/SpringAir.sln b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/SpringAir.sln
index 97623b187..650e6d25c 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/SpringAir.sln
+++ b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/SpringAir.sln
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "SpringAir.Data.Ado.2010", "
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "SpringAir.Data.Ado.Tests.2010", "test\SpringAir.Data.Ado.Tests\SpringAir.Data.Ado.Tests.csproj", "{B0A6F98E-5363-4575-BB6B-A84E91895468}"
 EndProject
-Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "SpringAir.Web.2010.References", "src\SpringAir.Web.2005.References\SpringAir.Web.2010.References.csproj", "{0925F8C7-B2AB-4DD7-AF6D-10DD028C5910}"
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "SpringAir.Web.2010.References", "src\SpringAir.Web.2005.References\SpringAir.Web.References.csproj", "{0925F8C7-B2AB-4DD7-AF6D-10DD028C5910}"
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Spring.Web.2010", "..\..\..\src\Spring\Spring.Web\Spring.Web.csproj", "{A0FEC2A6-6B6A-40B5-959C-97195C4CBF87}"
 EndProject
diff --git a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2005.References/SpringAir.Web.References.csproj b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2005.References/SpringAir.Web.References.csproj
index b51a58c51..e0af429e8 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2005.References/SpringAir.Web.References.csproj
+++ b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2005.References/SpringAir.Web.References.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     <RootNamespace>SpringAir</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\..\src\Spring\Spring.Aop\Spring.Aop.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\..\src\Spring\Spring.Core\Spring.Core.csproj" />
@@ -13,7 +16,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SpringAir.Data.Ado\SpringAir.Data.Ado.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Remoting" />
     <Reference Include="System.Transactions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2010/Web/Home.aspx.cs b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2010/Web/Home.aspx.cs
index 6903c6aa0..f1cf5af68 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2010/Web/Home.aspx.cs
+++ b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/src/SpringAir.Web.2010/Web/Home.aspx.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 #region Imports
 
 using System;
-using Common.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Spring;
 using Spring.Web.UI;
 
 #endregion
@@ -33,15 +34,11 @@
 /// <version>$Id: Home.aspx.cs,v 1.2 2006/11/15 20:30:52 aseovic Exp $</version>
 public partial class HomePage : Page
 {
-	private static readonly ILog logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(HomePage));
+	private static readonly ILogger logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(HomePage));
 
 	private void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 	{
-		if (logger.IsDebugEnabled)
-		{
-			logger.Debug(string.Format(this.CultureResolver.ResolveCulture(),
-			                           "The [{0}] page is being loaded...", GetType().Name));
-		}
+		logger.LogDebug("The [{PageName}] page is being loaded...", GetType().Name);
 	}
 
 	#region Web Form Designer generated code
diff --git a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/test/SpringAir.Core.Tests/Domain/FlightTests.cs b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/test/SpringAir.Core.Tests/Domain/FlightTests.cs
index 400419589..0b6557c6f 100644
--- a/examples/Spring/SpringAir/test/SpringAir.Core.Tests/Domain/FlightTests.cs
+++ b/examples/Spring/SpringAir/test/SpringAir.Core.Tests/Domain/FlightTests.cs
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ public void XmlSerialisationTest()
 			StringReader sr = new StringReader (sw.ToString());
 			Flight flightAfter = (Flight) s.Deserialize (sr);
 
-            Assert.That(1, Is.EqualTo(flightAfter.Id));
-            Assert.That("UA 0123", Is.EqualTo(flightAfter.FlightNumber));
-            Assert.That(DateTime.MinValue, Is.EqualTo(flightAfter.DepartureTime));
+            Assert.That(flightAfter.Id, Is.EqualTo(1));
+            Assert.That(flightAfter.FlightNumber, Is.EqualTo("UA 0123"));
+            Assert.That(flightAfter.DepartureTime, Is.EqualTo(DateTime.MinValue));
             Assert.That(flightAfter.SeatPlan, Is.EqualTo(flightBefore.SeatPlan));
 		}
     }