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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   javelin (google.1.jvmail@spamgourmet.com) writes:   
   > I tried this and couldn't seem to get it right. I figured out that the   
   > SQL Server Browser service wasn't started. I still couldn't start it   
   > because, apparently, a failed SQL Server 2008 Express installation was   
   > interfering somehow with SQL Server 2005 Express. I further learned   
   > that a common fix is to download and install the following:   
   > 1- SQLSysClrTypes.msi   
   > 2- SharedManagementObjects.msi   
   > 3 - sqlncli.msi   
   >   
   > I was able to install the first two, but the 3rd failed, telling me   
   > that "installation of this product failed because it is not supported   
   > on this operating system". I'm on Vista64. Why must Vista 64 be so   
   > difficult? I tried searching for a 64bit version, but no luck thus   
   > far. If you can, please advise.   
      
   Look at   
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=50b9799   
   -8453-4998-8226-fa42ec403d17&displaylang=en   
      
   --   
   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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