>>>>You have any way to remote into his computer and finish the install?
>>No. I talked to him about LogMeIn, but he didn't seem open that giving access to outsiders.
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>>>>Probably true that had it been done with VFP you'd got it going - but still you might of ended up back later dealing with corrupted indexes or something.
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>>Maybe/Maybe not
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>>>>I'm really shocked that you've had such problems installing SQL Server in the past - I've never really had any problems myself - maybe I've just been lucky.
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>>I have a boxx at home running Windows Server 2003. I have tried 3 times to put SQL on it. Fails every time with some new issue.
>>I also have a laptop that I had to reinstall Windows on. I can't get SQL to install on it either.
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>>I don't think I have ever tried to install SQL and have it go all the way through with no problems.
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>That's odd - I install it 5 or 6 times a month and never had a problem.
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>I'd like to hear what kind of results others here have had with SQL Server installs....

I have sold 500-600 copies of a software package that uses SQL server. The SQL server (2005 Express still because I have not changed it to 2008 yet) is installed through my software. I would say about 95% of the cases the customer does not have any problems installing it. With 64bit processors becomming more common there are some problems but I have overcome those issues by giving manual install options (64bit packages are included but not used automatically). In less than 1% of the cases there is something screwed up with the Windows so the customer has to download some crazy app from M$ fo fix a component that didn't uninstall propperly (XML6).

Einar