Thank you, Shree,

IIS and SSL certificate, yes.

Before I do that, I was able to install the engine and workstation components. Don't know why, but if I exclude Analysis and...

Brilliant! Thank you for your suggestion.

My new admin user was able to remove the SQL Express instance.

My existing user still get the error message I've described.

I dread uninstalling SQL...

Yes, there's an error log produced. I posted it to this thread last night.

The help link on the error message dialog reads like this, requesting a chance to send...

SSC,

The following keys exist in my registry. How would you interpret them?

Rick

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User

Shell Folders

\AppData REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User

Shell...

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Please help...

Does anyone know of a solution to my Setup issue?

Should I clean SQL Server from this machine so I can do a clean re-install? If so, how do...

thasteve, please see log I just posted above.

This installation was done months and months ago. Recently, I tried to install SQL Server 2005 SP2, which bombed when applying itself...

The error message refers me to the setup log to see what went wrong. The log is 73 lines long.

If anyone can interpret it, here it is:

Microsoft SQL Server...

Thank you, Jeffrey.

I...

Thank you for your response.

*gulp*

Running Setup gets me an error message 'unexpected failure...'

Feeling a little screwed here since I can't seem to install or uninstall ANY SQL Server elements...

Maria,

I'm in Boston.  I see relocation is to Wisconsin.  Where in WI?  Also, is this position permanent or contract?  Or in other words, is the db migration task the first...