I don’t know when Microsoft switched over to basically forcing you to install via the Web Install system, but after five SQL Server Express 2008 install attempts, I had to find the tried and true way, downloading the install. So my hunting on Bing lead me to a SQL Express blog post, outlining how to install SQL Server 2008 without the web install, awesome. Now I’m up and running with error messages that make sense guiding the install. I think the web install concept is interesting, but I think someone on that team needs to look at Apt or Yum for an example on how to build a package manager.
Here is the post outlining how to install SQL Server Express 2008:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2009/06/15/installing-sql-server-2008-guidance.aspx
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