>Hi Tim,
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>I had this problem too. You have to run the Add/Remove Programs for SQL 2005 and as you go through the install wizard, uncheck the SQL Server 2005 Express Tools, then finish the wizard to uninstall them. After that, you will be able to install SQL 2008.
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>TFISHER
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Thanks Terry, I got it done and installed. Now to figure out why I can't connect to it from the desktop machine.
Tim


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>>>Go ahead and use the same account for all. you should have a dropdown list where you can pick Network_Service account - that should work fine (no password is required).
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>>Ok, Thanks William and Guy. The built in account is what I tried and it denied me because it was a domain controller or some such thing so I just created another account SQLAdmin and used that. I am sure I will run into some permissions thing somewhere along the way but can tackle that then.
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>>The install is now stopped on the Installation Rules with an error at the "SQL Server 2005 Express Tools" The message indicates that the SQL Server 2005 Express Tools are installed. To continue remove the SQL Server Express Tools. That seems a little stupid to remove something so it can be installed however I am not sure how to get this done in any case. I navigated backward to see if I could just unselect something but couldn't figure out what since SQL Server 2005 Express Tools wasn't an option anywhere. I then looked in Add Remove programs to see if it was something I could un-install but didn't find it there either. There is the SQL Server Management Console Express in Add Remove programs but that didn't seem complete enought for this. I don't know really.
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>>I am not able to finish the install until I figure out what had to be selected different or removed.
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>>I am installing SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005 in some fashion is already installed. Any thoughts on how I should proceed?
>>Thanks a bunch.
>>Tim