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Install SQL Server 2005/BCM 2007

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by rough-ready

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I have Windows XP Pro-upgraded from Office Basic 2003 to Office 2007 Pro. All OK but cannot get SQL Server Express to install and therefore also Business Contact Manager won't install. (Off upgrade disc)Tried downloading and installing SQL went OK but when I put in the upgrade disc doesn't recognize installation and tries again. Have removed all traces of installation- any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Any help much appreciated.

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by tony hopkinson

Install it again and put on Development tools.
See if it works by itself.

Note express installs an instance, by default
it's called Express. You can have several installs of 2005 express. If I was taking a wild assed guess, I'd suggest BCM is looking for a particular named instance.

We do a software install with express or MSDE as backend and have a problem every now and then with customer's machines. Problems have been SPs, firewall, patches, services disabled or not intalled, it can be quite fragile.

by rough-ready

Thanks for the suggestion of a particular named instance.I found a PDF file on the Microsoft website about installing SQL to work with BCM. On the upgrade disc there are no choices presented, but by downloading SQL Express and installing you can untick 'hide advanced choices' and then change the installation name from the default SQLExpress to MSSMLBIZ (as suggested in PDF file), then BCM recognized the installation.Advice much appreciated, Tony.
Thanks, Rebecca

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