Not sure if this is the right forum to post this...
After going through lot of old posts in various forums and changing lot of settings, i'm still not able to access my Server remotely.
This is Windows 2003 Server machine with Sonicwall Firewall, i have allowed Port 1433 in both Firewall and ISA and call is getting through but i'm getting following error msg :-
{"An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)"}
This machine is also having Sql Server 2000, and the SQL Server 2005 is installed with named instance.
I have deployed some reports on the reporting server, i have noticed that every one in the domain in which the reports are published can access the reports, except one user. when he tries to access the report he got the following error message or the blank report.
"An error occured during report processing"
"can no read the next data row for the data set dataset1".
Although this user has all the roles on the reporiting server kike browser,content manager etc.
I have a site I created in .Net 2.0 the site is using sql server 2000 on the network. On the development machine the site is working as it should. I have also installed sqlexpress on the web server. I then push the site up to my server and I get the "unable to access sql 2005 pipes error". I installed vs2005 on the web server. when I run the app in vs2005 I don't get any errors and the application comes up. The app's connection string is placed in the web config file. I also changed the sqlexpress for local and remote logins. What else could be the problem. I have never seen this before. And all the non DB sites work! Enviroment: Webserver Windows Server 2003, .Net 2.0 framework, iis6, sqlexpress, vs2005 Database SQL2003
I have a little problem with my IS Server.I am using IS 9.0.1399 (SSIS 2005).I have one instance for databases.I am able to connect to Integration Services just with the Servername (no Instance Name) and I see the folders in there.When I try to open the MSDB Folder (under "Stored Packages") I get the following exeption:
"Login timeout expired/An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.SQL Network Interfaces: Connection string is not valid [87]."
I have installed sqlserver 2005 using the standard msdn universal installation discs on my laptop running vista business.
The mssqlserver service will not start automatically as the setup configures it and I cannot start the service manually because I get the 'Access Denied' error message
I am logged on the the computer with adminstration privileges
I logged on to my SQL Server Express this morning and received the following error: Cannot connect to MICHELLEWSQLEXPRESS. An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: -1)
What is interesting is that its on a local computer. I followed one recommendation to enable the pipes and tcp but that didn't work either. How do I change the default settings to allow remote connections (on a local computer) when I can't log into the server?
I have two drives in SQL Server Box. C and D drives. I am using below script to move mdf and log files from C: drive to D: Drive. However, I keep getting error :Â Directory lookup for the file "D:PackagesTestVGR.mdf" failed with the operating system error 5(Access is denied.).
USE MASTER; GO -- Take database in single user mode -- if you are facing errors -- This may terminate your active transactions for database ALTER DATABASE TestVGR
I've recently started working with a public sector organisation who have 4 clustered sql instances that has 80% of it's db mirrored.
Looking at the transaction log - it seems that a transaction log backup is a good idea as the log is 4x larger than the data file.But I'm not allowed access to the physical server to check onto which drive I can create the trn. No RDP, no vmware - let's be honest I'm not even allowed to launch cmd line Also the Server Manager informs me "We will need to carefully look at database backups if you guys want to start doing these backups on box, as that will break our off box backup routine (it will screw the transaction chain)."
I don't understand how backing up the transaction log could break the "transaction chain"?
I'm trying to connect to a database using a service account that we got created. The ID is an AD account and was added to the db as such. When I try to connect to the database using the account with the password I get [login failed for domainid]. The DBA mentioned that its setup to use windows auth, however, I can't connect with this service account using windows Auth, due to I'm using to connect via code.
How can I connect to the database from my code using this ID?
I have the ID and pwd in my code to connect with, does the ID have to be setup differently in the Database?
Had some big problems with my SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 during the last maintenance running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise ( upgraded from Standard). I'm getting the following error,
"SQL Server blocked access to procedure 'dbo.sp_sqlagent_has_server_access' of component 'Agent XPs' because this component is turned off as part of the security configuration for this server. A system administrator can enable the use of 'Agent XPs' by using sp_configure. For more information about enabling 'Agent XPs', see "Surface Area Configuration" in SQL Server Books Online."
I did a google search and found others with the problem but the resolution isn't working for me. I ran the following commands, heck I ran them multiple times. No errors come back running these commands. But the same error keeps happening, I even restart the service and then the server again.
sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1; GO RECONFIGURE; GO sp_configure 'Agent XPs', 1; GO RECONFIGURE GO
The msdb got too big for the disk it was on. I had maintenance plans to clear out the all of histories but I didn't think of the mail items. When I finally saw this problem I tried clearing them out using the stored procedures only with it finally failing because the transaction log got full. Since we didn't have a lot of jobs scheduled I decided to just recreate the msdb. So I scheduled a maintenance window, download SQL Server Service Pack 3.
my steps are as follows: ->diff backup of msdb ->stopped the service and started it again with: NET START MSSQLSERVER /T3608 ->detached msdb with: SQLCMD -E -SP-SRVR-SQL-01 -dmaster -Q"EXEC sp_detach_db msdb" ->moved it off the drive ->restarted the service without any startup flags ->recreated msdb with: SQLCMD -E -SP-SRVR-SQL-01 -i"D:Microsoft SQL ->ServerMSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVERMSSQLInstallinstmsdb.sql" -o"D:Microsoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVERMSSQLInstallinstmsdb62715.out"
I looked at the log file and there were no actual error messages so I applied service pack 3 and restarted server after it installed, was actually prompted to restart. In my tests I was never prompted to restart the server.Now I never started the agent service after recreating the msdb database since I knew it wasn't on the same version. I just went directly to the latest SP. Our applications are running fine but now I cant do scheduled backups.
Hi, I have VS Pro 2005 and SQL Server Express 2005 installed on an XP Pro machine. When using VS 2005, in the 'Server Explorer' window I can see and attach to two SQL Server databases that I have set-up. But if I attempt to access the same databases from withn the 'Solution Explorer' window I get the following dialog box message,
" Required Component Missing (Dialog box heading)
Connections to SQL Server Files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express to function properly. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49251 "
I have uninstalled and then reinstalled both VS 2005 and SQL Server Express twice but it has helped.
I don't understand why I'm getting this error because all of the server configuration tools and connection utilities seem to work fine but VS say's that SQL Server Express is not installed.
Thanks,
CLN
P.S. I had another application that required MSDE 2000A to be installed. When I removed the other application I also removed MSDE 2000A and that's when the problem began.
I'm having some problems debugging SQL Server stored procedures on a SQL Server 2005 server. I have installed Visual Studio 2005 on a workstation running Windows XP, now I'm trying to debug a ASP.Net web application that has some code that executes the stored procedures on a Windows 2003 Server running SQL Server 2005.
I opened VS2005 ... created a connection to the SQL Server 2005 instance ... open the Stored procedure ... right click the stored procedure name and selected Step into Stored Procedure and the following message is displayed:
Unable to start T-SQL debugging.Could not attach to SQL Server process on 'ServerName'.
I have just downloaded an evaluation version of SQL server from the microsoft website and installed it in my PC.
Now I want to create file data source.
I followed these steps: -From the control panel, ODBC datasource admin -click the DSN tab -click the add button -select the sql server driver, enter the data source file name -enter "local" in the server text box as I installed the sql server in my standalone PC. -click next After that I had this error. "Connection failed. SQL server does not exist or access denied."
But The sql server service is running.
Can anyone help me where did my configuration go wrong?? Thanks...
i have a DVD set of Visual Studio 2005 Professional Addition. I copy all of its components on my hard disk and then start downloading Visual Studio 2005 Professional Addition from the folder that i have copied on my hard disk. The installation process installs every think visual studio, .net framework 2.0, parser etc but when it reached to insatll SQL Server 2005 , it displays an error "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 setup has encountered an error and will end" and The following components falied to install " Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition x86". I then uninstall the whole visual studio using autorun and then reinstall it, but the problem remain there. Then i search this issue on net and i found an article according to which, i uninstall visual studio again but now this time i manually uninstall the components by folowing the sequence which is given in the that article. Then i delete all the folders and files from the temp folder and again install the visual studio but the problem still exists. I dun know why it is not installing. Please, if anybody knows the solution, reply me soon.
[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Login failed for user. the user is not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection
Mixed mode is set in the Server Security properties (SQL Server authenticaion and Windows Authentication).
I searched googled and everyone says set the authentication to mixed mode... It is set to mixed mode so I'm all out of ideas. I think if there was an error in the connection string it would give me a different error right? I dont know I'm all out of ideas, any help will be greatly appreaciated.
Previously, I have installed SQL 2005 developer edition simplyfied chinese successfully. But yesterday, I tried to install mobile client software factory. The installation process create a database as following: Create DATABASE [AdventureWorksMobileStaging] ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'AdventureWorksMobileStaging', FILENAME = N'C:GotDotNetMCSF_728ReferenceImplementationsAdventureWorksToGoDBScriptsAdventureWorksMobileStaging.mdf' , SIZE = 195584KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB ) ( NAME = N'AdventureWorksMobileStaging_log', FILENAME = N'C:GotDotNetMCSF_728ReferenceImplementationsAdventureWorksToGoDBScriptsAdventureWorksMobileStaging_log.ldf' , SIZE = 265344KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%) But today, when I start my notebook, SQL server could not be started.
Then I uninstalled the SQL instance by start->control panel->uninstall...The uninstall process seems OK. Note that I only uninstalled the instance.Then I tried to reinstall SQL 2005. However it was reported a Performance Monitor Counter registry key mismatch error occures. I tried to fix it but failed. The problem is as following:
1, The installation process report a warning of low memory. My notebook has 512M memory. I have reinstalled SQL 2005 once successfully. At that time, the warning also shows, but it seems that this warning does not affect installation.
2, User type problem. The OS of my notebook is XP professional, which is upgraded from XP home edition. I login it using a domain user such as: "my company's domainmyaccount". I found it curiously that although I assign myaccount as an Administrator, it will automaticly changed to "SQL$...." account. I don't know why and when the account property is changed. But everytime, when I found, I will assign myaccount as an Administrator back.
3, Performance Monitor Counter registry key problem. To fix the problem, I firstly tried to run lodctr.exe in cmd window but failed. When I cd to c:windowssystem32 dir, I can ran lodctr.exe correctly. I check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPerflib, the result is: "Last Counter"=dword:0000149c (11128) "Last Help"=dword:0000149d (11129) Then I check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPerflib 09 and 004, the result is confusing. I can find counter and help key,but both keys contains really a lot of stuff as: (1) first page of Counter key: 1 1847 2 System 4 Memory 6 % Processor Time 10 File Read Operations/sec 12 (2) first page of Help key: 3 The System performance object consists of counters that apply to more than one instance of a component processors on the computer. 5 The Memory performance object consists of counters that describe the behavior of physical and virtual memory on the computer. Physical memory is the amount of random access memory on the computer. Virtual memory consists of the space in physical memory and on disk. Many of the memory counters monitor paging, which is the movement of pages of code and data between disk and physical memory. Excessive paging, a symptom of a memory shortage, can cause delays which interfere with all system processes. 7 % Processor Time is the percentage of elapsed time that the processor spends to execute a non-Idle thread. It is calculated by measuring the duration of the idle thread is active in the sample interval, and subtracting that time from interval duration. (Each processor has an idle thread that consumes cycles when no other threads are ready to run). This counter is the primary indicator of processor activity, and displays the average percentage of busy time observed during the sample interval. It is calculated by monitoring the time that the service is inactive, and subtracting that value from 100%. 9 % Total DPC Time is the average percentage of time that all processors spend receiving and servicing deferred procedure calls (DPCs). (DPCs are interrupts that run at a lower priority than the standard interrupts). It is the sum of Processor: % DPC Time for all processors on the computer, divided by the number of processors. System: % Total DPC Time is a component of System: % Total Privileged Time because DPCs are executed in privileged mode. DPCs are counted separately and are not a component of the interrupt count. This counter displays the average busy time as a percentage of the sample time. 11 File Read Operations/sec is the combined rate of file system read requests to all devices on the computer, including requests to read from the file system cache. It is measured in numbers of reads. This counter displays the difference between the values observed in the last two samples, divided by the duration of the sample interval.
I could not find the maximum value of the Counter key and help key, so I could not repair Last Counter and Last Help key as discribed at SQL 2005 help. Which item correspond to maximum value of the Counter key and help key?
I tried to correct Last Counter and Help key as: "Last Counter"=dword:0000149c (5276) "Last Help"=dword:0000149d (5277) But it also doesn't work.
I€™m unable to install SQL Server 2005 on Win XP Professional 2002 SP2. I tried both with SQL Enterprise and Express editions nothing works. It seems to be installed but I can not find the management studio. Some one PLZZZZZZZZ suggest what to do in order to get it installed.
I get to the point of starting the services and receive the following message after about 4 minutes of trying to start. I tried in Mixed Mode and Windows Authentication Mode. Message:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup ------------------------------
The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=29503&EvtType=sqlsetuplib%5cservice.cpp%40Do_sqlScript%40sqls%3a%3aService%3a%3aWaitForServiceState%40x41d
Previously, I have installed SQL 2005 developer edition simplyfied chinese successfully. But yesterday, I tried to install mobile client software factory. The installation process create a database as following: Create DATABASE [AdventureWorksMobileStaging] ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'AdventureWorksMobileStaging', FILENAME = N'C:GotDotNetMCSF_728ReferenceImplementationsAdventureWorksToGoDBScriptsAdventureWorksMobileStaging.mdf' , SIZE = 195584KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB ) ( NAME = N'AdventureWorksMobileStaging_log', FILENAME = N'C:GotDotNetMCSF_728ReferenceImplementationsAdventureWorksToGoDBScriptsAdventureWorksMobileStaging_log.ldf' , SIZE = 265344KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%) But today, when I start my notebook, SQL server could not be started.
Then I uninstalled the SQL instance by start->control panel->uninstall...The uninstall process seems OK. Note that I only uninstalled the instance.Then I tried to reinstall SQL 2005. However it was reported a Performance Monitor Counter registry key mismatch error occures. I tried to fix it but failed. The problem is as following:
1, The installation process report a warning of low memory. My notebook has 512M memory. I have reinstalled SQL 2005 once successfully. At that time, the warning also shows, but it seems that this warning does not affect installation.
2, User type problem. The OS of my notebook is XP professional, which is upgraded from XP home edition. I login it using a domain user such as: "my company's domainmyaccount". I found it curiously that although I assign myaccount as an Administrator, it will automaticly changed to "SQL$...." account. I don't know why and when the account property is changed. But everytime, when I found, I will assign myaccount as an Administrator back.
3, Performance Monitor Counter registry key problem. To fix the problem, I firstly tried to run lodctr.exe in cmd window but failed. When I cd to c:windowssystem32 dir, I can ran lodctr.exe correctly. I check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPerflib, the result is: "Last Counter"=dword:0000149c (11128) "Last Help"=dword:0000149d (11129) Then I check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPerflib 09 and 004, the result is confusing. I can find counter and help key,but both keys contains really a lot of stuff as: (1) first page of Counter key: 1 1847 2 System 4 Memory 6 % Processor Time 10 File Read Operations/sec 12 (2) first page of Help key: 3 The System performance object consists of counters that apply to more than one instance of a component processors on the computer. 5 The Memory performance object consists of counters that describe the behavior of physical and virtual memory on the computer. Physical memory is the amount of random access memory on the computer. Virtual memory consists of the space in physical memory and on disk. Many of the memory counters monitor paging, which is the movement of pages of code and data between disk and physical memory. Excessive paging, a symptom of a memory shortage, can cause delays which interfere with all system processes. 7 % Processor Time is the percentage of elapsed time that the processor spends to execute a non-Idle thread. It is calculated by measuring the duration of the idle thread is active in the sample interval, and subtracting that time from interval duration. (Each processor has an idle thread that consumes cycles when no other threads are ready to run). This counter is the primary indicator of processor activity, and displays the average percentage of busy time observed during the sample interval. It is calculated by monitoring the time that the service is inactive, and subtracting that value from 100%. 9 % Total DPC Time is the average percentage of time that all processors spend receiving and servicing deferred procedure calls (DPCs). (DPCs are interrupts that run at a lower priority than the standard interrupts). It is the sum of Processor: % DPC Time for all processors on the computer, divided by the number of processors. System: % Total DPC Time is a component of System: % Total Privileged Time because DPCs are executed in privileged mode. DPCs are counted separately and are not a component of the interrupt count. This counter displays the average busy time as a percentage of the sample time. 11 File Read Operations/sec is the combined rate of file system read requests to all devices on the computer, including requests to read from the file system cache. It is measured in numbers of reads. This counter displays the difference between the values observed in the last two samples, divided by the duration of the sample interval.
I could not find the maximum value of the Counter key and help key, so I could not repair Last Counter and Last Help key as discribed at SQL 2005 help. Which item correspond to maximum value of the Counter key and help key?
I tried to correct Last Counter and Help key as: "Last Counter"=dword:0000149c (5276) "Last Help"=dword:0000149d (5277) But it also doesn't work.
Hi theres, I have installed SP2 on my server (Window server 2003 and SQl Server 2005 standard Edition both are 64 bit). But when i query SELECT @@VERSION. i got that latest installed SP is SP1.Even i have installed SP2 successfully and interactively then where m wrong(Window server have Sp2)
I have tried to install SQL Server 2005 Standard edition with CLUSTERING. I faced a problem and everything rolls back.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup ------------------------------
SQL Server Setup was unable add user domain1xyz to local group domain1IT Security Admin-Group.
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.06&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=29512&EvtType=sqlca%5csqlsecurityca.cpp%40Do_sqlGroupMember%40Do_sqlGroupMember%40x6ba
I have refered to PostI=1659185 posted by Fly and it still won't be able to fix my problem.
I have added LOCAL SERVICE into the local group (SQLServer2005MSFTEUser$AAA$MSSQLSERVER), but it still can't work.
Please can someone help me on this. Thank a lot....
I'm trying to set up a transactional replication from SQl Server 2005 to SQl server 2000. The Distributor and the publisher are on our server and the subscription is supposed to be on a SQL 2000 server on a different location. Before upgrading to 2005 I didn't have problems - the replication from 2000 to 2000 was working perfectly.
After I succesfully created the distributor and the publication the first problem that I encountered was that when I tried to create the subscription it was giving me an error that I cannot use an IP to acces the server. I realized to fix that issue by creating an Alias in the SQL Server Configuration Manager for the server where I wanted to create the subscription (a push subscription).
Now when I try to add the subscriber it gives me another message "Execute permission denied on object 'sp_MS_replication_installed', database 'master', owner 'dbo'" - so I cannot create the subscriber.
The user that I use to create the subscriber on the 2000 server is dbo for the subscriber database but it doesn't have rights on the master database. Also I realized that on the 2000 server I still have the old subscription but I cannot delete it - for the same reason - no access on the master database. Before upgrading to 2005 I had the exact same rights on the 2000 server.
I have been unable to install SQL Express 2005 Server on my Windows 2003 Server (with SP2 installed). I keep getting an error message saying that Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 is not installed.
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So, I downloaded Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 v2 (WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe) but whenever I try to install it I get an error message saying that "the Service Pack version of this system is newer than the update you are applying" and that there is no need to install the update and it stops there.
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Is there a workaround to this? How can I get Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 installed? I tried going to the Windows Update site, I already have everything installed and I even started the Windows Installer service manually. Has anyone else experienced this?
How can I get SQL Server 2005 Express installed if not how can I install SQL Server 2000 on tihs machine? The only reason I am trying to install SQL Server 2005 is because wanted to try it so I uninstalled SQL Server 2000 now I can no longer install SQL Server 2000 again because it won't let me because of the SP2 patch.
I€™ve developed a BI system using the SQL Server 2005 Developer€™s Edition.
SSAS, SSIS and SSRS have been added to a SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Server in preparation for delivering the developed database to this live environment.
So I am able to connect directly to the Database Engine, SSAS, SSIS and SSRS successfully from the actual SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition box which is sat on a Windows 2003 Server operating system.
However when I launch SQL Server Management Studio from a desk top PC which is connected to the SQL Server Standard Edition box I can€™t connect to either SSIS or SSRS, however I can connect to the Database Engine and it also seems that I can connect to SSAS OK.
I am using Windows Authentication where the I used a SQL Server account which exists with €œsysadmin€? permissions and this SQL Server account has the same login name as the Windows Server 2003 desktop login.
I am trying to connect through ODBC connectivity, but it will not allow me to do so. I have investigated this matter. It leads me back to the server, because as I was configuring my client side database. It kept asking for the DSN(datasource name), but I was unable to choose one because there wasn't one to choose. Which is my current dilemma, How can I do this and have it available to choose from the server to satisfy the Access database?
I went to the domain where the software resides but I don't know what steps to take? I also found an interesting piece on microsoft about Kerberos, but I can't follow along according to the instructions it has. I have Access 2003 & SQL SERVER 2005, HELP...!
Basically, this is right off the heels of the install. I setup the server without the connectivity, but it is running the current configuration.
I am developing an app in VB.Net 2005, and I installed SQL Server 2005 locally on my machine. My app access multiple databases on SQL and has worked like a charm in the past. Today, when I go to access my app, I receive an error when trying to connect to the SQL database.
"An error has occured while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL server does not allow remote connection"
As I said before, this is a local install and worked fine until today. I checked the services running and Here is what I have:
SQL Server Integration Services - Running SQL Server FullText Search - Stopped SQL Server(SQLEXPRESS) - Running SQL SERVER (MSSQLSERVER) - Stopped <---------- I tried restarting this and it times out SQL Server Analysis Services (MSSQLSERVER) - Stopped SQL Server Reporting Services (MSSQLSERVER) - Stopped SQL Server Browser - Stopped SQL Server Agent (MSSQLSERVER) - Stopped
I am unable to start any of these services... they all time out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have completed the uninstallation instructions for my beta versions of SQLExpress (repeatedly). I have used the manual unistall procedures also. I have physically removed the SqlServer directory from the the Program Files directory. The result is the same. This message appears every time I try to to install the MS SQL Advanced package:
"SQL Server 2005 setup has detected incompatible components from beta versions of Visual Studio, Net Framework, or SQL 2005. For detailed instructions on uninstalling SQL Server 2005, see the SQL Server 2005 Readme."
The detailed instructions are NOT detailed enough.
I have uninstalled the .NET 2.0 package and re-installed it. The SERVICES window still lists the SQL Server as present even though it is not started.
I'm attempting to install SQL Server 2005 Standard, on my personal PC which isn't on a network, there are no user accounts besides myself, I'm signed-on as admin.
The logs from C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOG, all appear successful, although there are many more logs.
When I look under Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services, I see no service at all for SQL Server.
I attempted to use the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration Tool, which told me no instances of the data-base had been loaded.
I must admit, the install went a bit too fast for me to believe it was correct. I was never even asked for the product-key.
This particular copy, was bundled with Visual Studio 2005 Pro, which was given to me by someone who attended a Microsoft seminar/demo of some sort.
I've never used SQL Server before, and know nothing about it, so I hope I'm posting in the right forum.
Any help would be appreciated, and I can provide listings of any log-file if needed.
Thanxxxxxxxxxx in advance for any replies. I'm studying for MCTS, and am trying to work through ADO.Net Step by Step.
