From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:22:02 +0200, Erland Sommarskog   
    wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >>      I was specifically referring to Denali.  It did overwrite (or at   
   >> least, override) SSMS 2008.   
   >   
   >Denali = SQL 2012. If you are referring to the CTPs... Betas are betas,   
   >but I have not heard of anyone having had the problem that the new SSMS   
   >occluded the other one. I am fairly confident that you did just not care   
   >to find it.   
      
        Yes, CTP 1.   
      
        Now, you have.   
      
        I looked for it in the Start Menu.  That is where it always had   
   been.  All that was there after installing Denali was the Denali SSMS.   
   I could still connect to SSE 2008, but it was through Denali's SSMS.   
      
   >>      I just spent a couple hours trying to sort out the versions.  I   
   >> think I got it, but complications did ensue.   
   >>   
   >>      I am running Windows 7 on my test box so I went with the 64-bit   
   >> versions.  The files I settled on were:   
   >>           SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe   (version 10.00.1600.22)   
   >>           SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe      (version 10.00.5500.00) (SP3)   
   >>           SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe   
   >> I was going to install them in that order.   
   >>   
   >>      The first one throws a compatibility error.   
   >   
   >Yes, that's the RTM version of SQL 2008 which was released before   
   >Windows 7 was released. You should be able to install it, but you   
   >need to apply a service pack to have a supported installation.   
      
        But as I noted in text you snipped, SP 3 *also* threw a   
   compatibility error.  I am concerned that I might not have a proper   
   SSE 2008 installation.  Do I?  I do so like to avoid error messages in   
   software installations.   
      
        Is there a 64-bit SSE 2008 that will install on Windows 7 without   
   throwing a compatibility error?   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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