UNICRONICUS
01-07-2009, 19:53
I am having problems installing SQL Server 2005 Express on a Vista Home Edition laptop with SP1, this program is needed for another program to install so without it I'm pretty stuffed! Every time I start the installation of SQL it gets to the point where the services are about to start and then a message pops up (which I should have copied) saying that native client blarrdy blah didn't load or something along those lines... then it gives me the option to retry or cancel, retry never works and cancel rolls back the installation thus FAIL.
Is there a version of SQL 2005 that is Vista compatible? I heard that SP2 fixes issues with Vista machines but how can I install SP2 without SQL Server in the first place! :scratch: I'm not sure whether this other program can run with a newer version of SQL server, it's just that it wants to update to SQL Server 2005 SP2 as a pre-install requisite...
Any help is much appreciated!
Is there a version of SQL 2005 that is Vista compatible? I heard that SP2 fixes issues with Vista machines but how can I install SP2 without SQL Server in the first place! :scratch: I'm not sure whether this other program can run with a newer version of SQL server, it's just that it wants to update to SQL Server 2005 SP2 as a pre-install requisite...
Any help is much appreciated!