Installation Problems

I downloaded MS SQL as an ISO file, and tried to mount the image. All I got was a quick loading screen and then MS SQL in a grey box, and it didn't even show up on my applications list when I pushed CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

Um. Help? :[

Hhhmm, that sounds strange, could be a number of reasons why this is happening, what are you using to mount the image? Alcohol 120% is a good program http://www.alcohol-soft.com/

If you don't want to spend a lot of time troubleshooting this you can always extract the ISO contents to a local folder and install SQL from there, Winimage is a good freebie you can use to extract the ISO http://www.winimage.com/

|||Try to directly run the setup in the folder: SQL Server x86\Servers

There might be some security issues which does not allow you to run .hta files.

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de|||In my case, I am using Virtual CDROM from http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpvirtualcddownload.html to access my ISO images. All you need to do is follow the readme file. You can even share the virtual CD ROM in your network

Installation error in SQL Server Evaluation Edition

I downloaded the SQL Server Evaluation Edition from Microsoft.com in ISO form and burned a CD using Nero 7. I have tried to install the program, but I keep getting the error:

"the procedure entry point_create_locale could not be located in the dynamic link library MSVCR80.dll"

I have tried to reinstall Native Client and Setup Support Files with no effect... I have .NET 2.0 installed along with VB Express 2005 and VWB Express 2005... I am running on Windows XP Home SP2.

If anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it... I am stuck and can't get any work done until I get this program installed...

You need to look at the setup logs for context. They're located here:

%Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG

If you can find where the error occurs you may see more info on what's going on and that should help figure out what to do next. If you can't figure it out, post a link to the log files here and someone will take a look.

Paul