>>>>>XP family edition?
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>>>>No. It requires Windows Server. Only Developer and Express editions can be installed on Windows workstations.
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>>>So you're telling me that I'll have to get XP Professionnal?
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>>No, XP Professional is not a server but workstation. You'll need Windows 2000 or 2003 server.
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>On Microsoft's site it says
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>Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack (SP) 4 or later; Windows 2000
>Professional Edition with SP 4 or later; Windows XP with SP 2 or later;
>Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, or Datacenter
>edition with SP 1 or later; Windows Small Business Server 2003 with SP 1 or
>later
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>So that's why I asked about home edition. I thought that a no go on home edition would confirm that it would be possible to install it on XP professional. But now you guys tell me that Windows Server is a minimum.
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>But then again yesterday I tried and tried and uninstalled and re-installed and it's been impossible to connect to SQL Server Server standard edition. Oh well I'll try with express edition.

Hi Dennis,

I had installed SQL Server 2005 standard on my WINXP PRO SP2 and it works, but you cannot install an enterprise version on it. SQL Server 2005 Developer edition should work on XP Home with SP2. Give it a try....