Access Error Installing SQL 2005 Express On Vista Business

Hi,



I am attempting to install SQL Server 2005 express with SP2 on Vista Business - as a requirement for a new software package. The installation fails at the point of installing performance counters - the errors are below. I have been unable to find any support entry for this error: I am using the local administrator account - I am a home user and not part of a domain. I have also tried with UAC disabled.


MSI (s) (2C:EC) [23:07:30:153]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=Rollback_Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,ActionType=1281,Source=BinaryData,Target=Rollback_Do_sqlPerfmon2,CustomActionData=100Removing performance counters200000QSRNVIVOMSSQL$QSRNVIVOC:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBinnsqlctr.ini)
MSI (s) (2C:EC) [23:07:30:157]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,Description=Installing performance counters,)
MSI (s) (2C:EC) [23:07:30:189]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,ActionType=1025,Source=BinaryData,Target=Do_sqlPerfmon2,CustomActionData=100Installing performance counters200000QSRNVIVOC:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBinnsqlctr.iniC:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBinnsqlctr.hsqlctr90.dllMSSQL$QSRNVIVO1MSSQLServerSQLServerOpenSQLPerformanceData1CollectSQLPerformanceData1CloseSQLPerformanceData1)
MSI (s) (2C:F4) [23:07:30:224]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:WindowsInstallerMSIF6B7.tmp, Entrypoint: Do_sqlPerfmon2
<Func Name='LaunchFunction'>
Function=Do_sqlPerfmon2
<Func Name='GetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='GetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='203'>
Doing Action: Do_sqlPerfmon2
PerfTime Start: Do_sqlPerfmon2 : Tue Feb 19 23:07:30 2008
<Func Name='Do_sqlPerfmon2'>
<EndFunc Name='Do_sqlPerfmon2' Return='5' GetLastError='5'>
PerfTime Stop: Do_sqlPerfmon2 : Tue Feb 19 23:07:31 2008
Gathering darwin properties for failure handling.
Error Code: 5
MSI (s) (2C!4C) [23:07:56:703]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition -- Error 29528. The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Installing performance counters. The error is: Access is denied.


Error 29528. The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Installing performance counters. The error is: Access is denied.

<EndFunc Name='LaunchFunction' Return='5' GetLastError='203'>
Best wishes,
Sue