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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Don84 (tatata9999@gmail.com) writes:   
   > I read Vista required Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 for sql server   
   > 2005 express sp3 (but I don't know if it's applicable to all versions   
   > of Vista),   
      
   Not really. If memory serves, if you have Vista and install VS 2005,   
   you should install VS 2005 SP1, SQL Server or not.   
      
   However, you don't have to have VS 2005 installed at all to be able   
   to install SQL Server 2005 on Vista.   
      
   > Yes, I have a customer with a 32 bit version of Windows Vista Ultimate   
   > and 3.0ghz processor (hyperthreading enabled) 2gb ram, Nvidia 8600gt   
   > GPU failed to install sql server 2005 express using my installer per   
   > above, but oddly he reported that he later install it manually with   
   > success.  I'll verify with him if his manual installation used the   
   > same/exact options as my automated installer.   
      
   So what issues did he run into?   
      
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
   SQL 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx   
      
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