installing sql2005 standard problems.

I have an issue with trying to install SQL 2005 standard on my XP machine.
I get an .hta file that is not readable and when I btpass that I get a
pop-up message:
please go to the control panel to install and configure system components.
WTF?
PLease assist...
Gene
Geno (genegodsey@.hotmail.com) writes:
> I have an issue with trying to install SQL 2005 standard on my XP machine.
> I get an .hta file that is not readable and when I btpass that I get a
> pop-up message:
> please go to the control panel to install and configure system components.
From where did you get the media? Was it a download? Did you buy a
CD/DVD?
If Autorun does not set in, splash.hta is indeed the file to click to
get it going.
Note that you need IE6 SP1 to install SQL 2005. (And SP2 of Windows XP.)
I know I once tried to run the install on a machine with only IE5 - the
splash.hta produced a bunch of cryptc error messages instead of telling
me just to keep out.
If the file is entirely unreadable, it appears that you have bad
media, and you should get a replacement.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
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|||On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 12:19:12 -0400, "Geno" <genegodsey@.hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I have an issue with trying to install SQL 2005 standard on my XP machine.
>I get an .hta file that is not readable and when I btpass that I get a
>pop-up message:
>please go to the control panel to install and configure system components.
>WTF?
>PLease assist...
>Gene
In addition to the points that Erland made, assuming your disk
structure is the same as I have seen, navigate to the Servers and/or
Tools folders and run Setup.exe. Gets round the .hta problem, as far
as I am aware.
Andrew Watt [MVP]

Installing SQL server 2005 evaluation

After unzipping the download I have run the splash.hta file. I then chose run the sql native client installation wizard. I then receive the installation package is not supported by this processor type. Contact your product vendor. I am installing this for a class I am taking on a test station. It is a PIII 863 with 512 MB or Ram, running windows 2003 enterprise server SP1. I have looked at the hardware guidelines and it seems this is enough to run it. Any ideas?Are you sure you did not download any 64bit images ? What does the Splash Screen tell you ?

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

|||Across the top of the splash screen is says SQL Server 2005 (Disk 1 of 2). Then the start options, prepare, install, other information. At the bottom it has Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Evaluation edition. No where does it mention 64bit.|||I was able to find a link to the SQL Server 2000 evaluation edition, and may opt to install that if I cannot corrent the other issue. Does anyone have any other ideas?|||That really does sound like the message displayed when you run a 64-bit application on a 32-bit operating system. Can you try to double click on setup.exe and see if it displays a similar message? If so, it would be displayed even before you see the license dialog.|||Just one quick thing to add. When I downloaded the evaluation edition, I only saw one download. I assumed that when did you the install you chose whether to install the 64bit version or the 32bit version. Are there two seperate downloads for this, one for each version?|||

After reviewing all 3 downloadable links, it appears the X86 download is the non 64 bit download. After looking at the one I downloaded and installed, it appears it is the 64 bit version. Why the 32 bit version is named X86, I am not sure.

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That is the correct behavior that you are seeing. The three packages are:

x86 - for all 32-bit machines
x64 - for x64 (AMD-64) 64-bit machines
ia64 - for ia64 (Itanium) 64-bit machines

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)