Richard (richx@optonline.net) writes:
> Thanks... I am installing ACT and the install disk is installing SQL. I
> have tried it a few times with the same result. Would I be better off
> installing SQL outside the ACT install and then install ACT.
>
> Funny, I thought ACT was a decent program and not one of the poorly
> written ones. Cost enough ... but is screwing up the install each time.
> Appears to be a waste of mney
First of all, I have no idea what ACT is.
But whatever ACT is, I think it is innocent. The mess comes from the
security fix described in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=954459
and which is referred to in the log file.
This security fix came out a few years after SQL 2005 came out, and
apparently there is a conflict with SQL Setup.
As I said, another poster in this newsgroup also ran into problems
with installing SQL 2005 in exactly this part of Setup. He tried the
steps described in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968749 and was
able to install SQL 2005 successfully.
I pointed to you this KB article in my previous post: did you look at it?
I can't vouch for that it will work for you, but since it is worked for
Jac, I think you should give it a go.
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