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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Don84 (tatata9999@gmail.com) writes:   
   > He could install sql server 2005 express manually but run my installer   
   > (which should be same as running the installer manually except   
   > defining instance name etc.).  Question, which version of Windows   
   > Installer, WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe or Windows6.0-KB942288-   
   > v2-x86.msu is required for sql server 2005 express sp3 installation to   
   > Vista OS regardless of its edition?   
   > Then after the Windows Installer is installed, where it in the   
   > registry? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion   
   > \Uninstall   
   > or   
   > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed   
   > Components   
   > or   
   > ?   
   >   
   > I don't have a Vista box, so, I can't try it myself to find out.   
   > Also, what's GUID for Windows6.0-KB942288-v2-x86.msu?   
      
   Sorry, I cannot answer the questions about versions of Windows Installer   
   or GUIDs. But if I had the log files from the failed attempt, I could at   
   least have taken a look.   
      
   But your last paragraph indicates that you have not tested the scenario   
   yourself, even less look at the log files yourself. Certainly, the log   
   files from an SQL Server are *verbose* and difficult to find your way   
   in. But trying to diagnose install problems without looking at the   
   log files at all is even harder.   
      
      
      
   --   
   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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