SQL Server 2005 SP3 on Windows 7 - No Management Studio

Posted by Mike Thomas on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Mike Thomas
Published on 2010-07-18T14:51:21Z Indexed on 2011/11/30 1:55 UTC
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I've been trying for a day and a half now to get SQL Server 2005, DEV edition, to work on Windows 7, 64 bit prof.

I install from the disk, then run SP 3. I get a failure on the Client Components section of the Installation Progress along with this vague message -

Product : Client Components Product Version (Previous): 1399 Product Version (Final) : Status : Failure Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Hotfix\SQLTools9_Hotfix_KB955706_sqlrun_tools.msp.log Error Number : 1712 Error Description : MSP Error: 1712 One or more of the files required to restore your computer to its previous state could not be found.

Restoration will not be possible.

I've uninstalled all Visual Studio and tried to make this as clean as possible, and have read a lot of the blog posts, but am really at my wits end about this. I am not a DBA, but I use SQL Server all the time when coding and testing apps.

Does anyone have any ideas as to where I can get this sorted out? I've been ati this for a long time and have never encountered an installation as bad as this one.

Thanks Mike Thomas

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