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Archive for June 25th, 2010

SQL Server 2005 setup fails when MSXML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 2 has already been installed

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/25

Recently, I had to configure a pretty up-to-date Windows XP SP3 VM with SQL Server 2005 for a proof of concept.

The SQL Server 2005 setup failed consistently on installing MSXML 6.
I tried making the XP VM really up-to-date.
But the SQL Server 2005 setup still failed at the same reason.

In the end it appeared that the MSXML 6 install that is included in the SQL Server 2005 install barfs when MSXML 6 SP2 is already installed. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Database Development, Development, SQL Server | 5 Comments »