I need to see when I can dedicate a day to that.... Invariably, all that can fail will, so I will end up redoing my PC 😀

Mind you, only the...

Yup, but I am not even sure if rebuilding my system will work.... If I use the same 2008 media, I will more than likely end up with the same...

Seems to be a different issue. MSXML 6.0 uninstalled/re-installed without issues..... and even after this I can't install 2008 SP1....

Thanks Jeffrey. Came across the same link, and am trying now to get this to work without editing the database..... I'll post results.

It is failing with a message like you can see in attached file

Searching a bit for it, there might be some solutions I can test.... I'll try at least 🙂

Ok, if it is the "final" version, why does it fail to install the Tools (which includes SSMS) on my desktop when I try to install 2008 SP1?

I am still surprised on how people emit opinions after (hopefully) having read this thread and stating again obviously wrong comments.....

... I just took some time to read trough your posts on this site and realize that it indeed seems to be your way of expression, and again, I did...

We all can disagree... and that is what makes some threads more interesting..maybe my choice of words was not correct.... I did not mean attacking them personally, but their opinions........

Umm... we seem to have a little attitude problem here?...

It should perfectly work.... I use SSMS 2008 to take care of our 2008, 2005 and 2000 servers....

Charles, copy-only backups were introduced SQL Server 2005...... See here

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... probably because of their practice of "It is subject to removal in future releases or service packs of 64-bit SQL Server." 😀

Warren Peace (8/6/2009)

First, AWE is not an option on x64 hardware because it is not needed. You don't have to check the box to enable it - it is...