Here's the story:

I had SQL Dev 2000 running.

I downloaded SQL 2005 from MSDN and uninstalled SQL Dev 2000 to
install SQL 2005.

The SQL 2005 installation errored out, and I figured I'd wait until
the CD's came to the office.

So I again uninstalled everytging SQL.

I have now reinstalled SQL 2000 Dev, but when I open Enterprize Mgr
and attempt to open (local), it errors with :

A connection could not be established to (local).

Reason: [SQL-DMO]You must use SQL Server 2005 management tools to connect to this server..

Please verify SQL Server is running and check your SQL Server registration properties (by right-clicking on the (local) node) and try again.

I have no idea what's wrong.


In this last install, because (local) was not available, I created a server
called 'MAROIS_SQL'. I can see this in the SQL Server Service Manager, but not
in the Enterprise Manager.






>>I'm installing SQL 2000 Dev Edition.
>>
>>I'm in the wizard on the Instance Name page.
>>
>>The Default instance checkbox is not checked and is greyed
>>out.
>>
>>Why can I not install using the default instance?
>
>My guess would be that you've already default instance of SQL Server on that PC.