Luke L (2/26/2010)

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Jay,

I say there is probably something going on here with servicepack levels. The Express edition that you downloaded is most likely at SP3 if it was...

AndrewSQLDBA (2/26/2010)

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No, you would want to un-install the Express edition first, do not try to "upgrade". That is the very best way to approach this issue.

You can create a backup...

Hi Luke,

Q1. Yes production is part of a domain....but i've not gone near that yet. No the test box is not even on a network much less

a domain.

Q2. Is there...

Hi Luke,

Reason for installing express first is so that I can run through the upgrade process before upgrading the production servers. I'm installing the upgrade to the same instance...