Posted by Don Li on 12/08/07 22:50

On Dec 8, 3:16 pm, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Don Li (tatata9...@gmail.com) writes:
> > Problem:
> > Attempt to install the core engine of "SQL Server Database Services"
> > failed, "SQL native client" installation also failed. Can't quickly
> > tell which log file is about the core engine installation failure from
> > the installation log files.
>
> > What's my "optimal" course of action?
>
> I would first try to uninstall everything with SQL 2005 that you see in
> Add/Remove Programs.
>
> The log files are in
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap. The names gives
> some hint what they are about, but they are overly verbose, and finding
> the reason for failure can be tedious.
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books...
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx

Erland, that's exactly what I did after posting the msg for help and
boom, it went fine. Sorry I should have posted the note sooner and
thanks.

Don

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