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SQL Server 2005 Express on XP SP 1

  • April 28, 2008 at 10:37 am

    #380235

    I have to install for a class I'm taking SQL Server 2005 Express. However it required SP2 for XP.

    I can not install that since I'm using my company computer....

    Short of buying a new PC, is there another version?

  • April 28, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    #808006

    Do you have a machine at home you could use? If you are not using current versions, on current platforms, then you are at risk of getting divergent results from what is described in class.

    Is there a way you could persuade your employer to bring your XP machine current, before XP goes away? Or is there a compelling reason - like your employer has software that won't work on SP2?

    If your employer is NOT paying for your class, and does not know you're taking it, then it's possible your employer would frown on you using the machine at work for your class - with dire consequences.

  • April 28, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    #808035

    Use Virtual PC (free), and install XP SP2 in that. There's no way around the XP SP2 limitation. Some of the things they need in SQL Server 2005 are in SP2.

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