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paulc

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Nov 17, 2009, 3:46:33 PM11/17/09
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I am attempting to install SSMS (full not express) on XP sp3 box but it
fails. No error message given other than to examine the setup logs (which I
can't find). A Google search turned up an issue with service 3 for XP. So,
I tried to install SSMS on a W2003 server (sp2) but got the same failure.
I'm at a loss with this. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Erland Sommarskog

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Nov 17, 2009, 4:56:40 PM11/17/09
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You find the setup logs under
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log"


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@sommarskog.se

Links for SQL Server Books Online:
SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx
SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx
SQL 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

paulc

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Nov 19, 2009, 2:02:54 PM11/19/09
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Thanks. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any real errors (at least, any that
stood out).

So, I took a server, completely re-formated the machine and installed
Windows 2003 Standard.

I tried to install the SQL 2005 SSMS and it still fails. Does anybody have
ideas or run into a similar situation?
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Erland Sommarskog

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Nov 19, 2009, 5:42:07 PM11/19/09
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paulc (pa...@mmcwm.com) writes:
> Thanks. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any real errors (at least, any
> that stood out).
>
> So, I took a server, completely re-formated the machine and installed
> Windows 2003 Standard.
>
> I tried to install the SQL 2005 SSMS and it still fails. Does anybody
> have ideas or run into a similar situation?

Is that frustrating of what?

So how does it fail?

And more how exactly, how do you try to install?

paulc

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Nov 20, 2009, 2:02:00 PM11/20/09
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Finally got it. I had to dig a bit through some of the logs but found an
error message saying it couldn't find a file. I presume the file was
corrupted as I found it. However, I downloaded SQL from MS again and ran
the install once more. That got the program installed. (Sometimes, I miss
the old CD days.)
Thanks for the quick replies, Erland.

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Erland Sommarskog

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Nov 20, 2009, 5:19:41 PM11/20/09
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paulc (pa...@mmcwm.com) writes:
> Finally got it. I had to dig a bit through some of the logs but found
> an error message saying it couldn't find a file. I presume the file was
> corrupted as I found it. However, I downloaded SQL from MS again and
> ran the install once more. That got the program installed. (Sometimes,
> I miss the old CD days.)

Good to hear that you got it resolved, but too bad you first had to
flatten your machine.

(Next time you run into such an issue, make a clean install on a virtual
machine, rather than format and start over.)

paulc

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Nov 23, 2009, 11:33:37 AM11/23/09
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Not everybody's virtualized, Erland. :)
Hopefully, in a year or two we will be.

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Erland Sommarskog

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Nov 23, 2009, 5:38:31 PM11/23/09
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paulc (pa...@mmcwm.com) writes:
> Not everybody's virtualized, Erland. :)
> Hopefully, in a year or two we will be.

If you have an MSDN subscription, Virtual Server, or whatever it's called,
is included, I believe.

Else the license for VMWare Workstation is an investment you will not
regret. Virtual machines are perfect for this kind of things.

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