Can't use Virtual PC for VS 2005 Pro with SQL Server Express

I am unable to successfully complete an install of Visual Studio 2005 with SQL Server 2005 Express on a Virtual PC 2004 image, which seems to be a pretty reasonable expectation. The installation completes successfully all of the way through in a Windows XP Pro SP2 image, but at the end the installation program informs you that SQL Server Express has failed to install, with no other explanation. No setup log files give any information as to why the installation failed. Then I see in the fine print for SQL Server Express downloads that "There is no support in this release for Virtual Server, Virtual PC". (http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/6/cc66b572-a402-4c6a-8233-b9c7d05840c7/RequirementsSQLEXP2005.htm)
Is this indeed the case that we essentially cannot run the full VS 2005 installation in Virtual PC? Is there no workaround for this problem?
Express is certainly supported on Virtual PC and Virtual Server. It's hard to say for sure at this late date but I'm going to blame a bug in VS that was fixed by RTM.

Can't use Virtual PC for VS 2005 Pro with SQL Server Express

I am unable to successfully complete an install of Visual Studio 2005 with SQL Server 2005 Express on a Virtual PC 2004 image, which seems to be a pretty reasonable expectation. The installation completes successfully all of the way through in a Windows XP Pro SP2 image, but at the end the installation program informs you that SQL Server Express has failed to install, with no other explanation. No setup log files give any information as to why the installation failed. Then I see in the fine print for SQL Server Express downloads that "There is no support in this release for Virtual Server, Virtual PC". (http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/6/cc66b572-a402-4c6a-8233-b9c7d05840c7/RequirementsSQLEXP2005.htm)
Is this indeed the case that we essentially cannot run the full VS 2005 installation in Virtual PC? Is there no workaround for this problem?
Express is certainly supported on Virtual PC and Virtual Server. It's hard to say for sure at this late date but I'm going to blame a bug in VS that was fixed by RTM.

Can't uninstall Analysis Services 2000

I have both SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 on my computer. I am running Windows XP Pro, SP2. SQL 2000 was installed first, then, 3 months later, SQL 2005 was installed, too.

My client needs me to work with SQL 2000 Analysis Services (my client is on a SQL 2K platform). I have the full SQL 2005 Developer Edition on my machine, along with the SQL 2005 Analysis Services, SSIS, Visual Studio, SSMS, etc. I also have SQL 2000 Developer Edition, but I don't see SQL 2000 Analysis Services on the machine nor running under services. In addition, there is no Analysis Services on my machine.

Therefore, I wanted to install SQL 2000 Analysis services onto my machine. However, when I do, I get the message:
"To install a new version of Analysis Services, you must first remove your existing version."

However, I cannot uninstall Analysis Services. It does not show up under Add/Remove New Programs in Control Panel. There is no MSSQLServerOLAPService service running. I do have a two Analysis Service services running with other names: BUCKNOFF2005 (which is, obviously, my 2005 Analysis Services) and MSSQLSERVER, which also displays in my SQL 2000 SQL Server Service Manager, so there might be some artifacts from an old install of SQL 2000 Analysis on my machine.

SQL 2005 Analysis Services runs fine, by the way.

So I am stuck. I can neither install nor uninstall. Bottom line, how can I uninstall SQL 2000 Analysis Services (without reformatting my hard drive or starting over again on another computer)? If I can do that, then I can reinstall it. Right now, as a temporary solution, I borrowed a laptop from my client and installed Analysis Services 2000 for the 2 days that I will be working with it -- but I need to get this fixed on my own laptop which I take from client to client.

AS 2000 should have separate entry in Add/Remove programs "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services".

If you dont have the entry, you dont have AS2000 installed on your machine.

Now about installing AS2000 on top AS2005.

You can try uninstalling SQL Server 2005 from your machine, installing AS2000 and then installing SQL 2005 back into the same configuration.

It is bit of the hassle, but looks like your are trying to fit pretty custom configuration into your laptop and you might need to work a bit harder to get there.

Hope that helps.

Edward.
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|||Hi,

Microsoft should warn people about this kind of things!!! It is completly ilogic and in terms of development it's a ***.

Best Regards

Jo?o Marto