Thanks Guys,

With your great advice I managed to get it installed.

When trying to install during VS2005 installation, the installer doesn't give an option to change the instance name. However running...

Thanks Guys,

I am just trying the install again and will post the errors.

Does your advice ring true for SQL SERVER 2005 EXPRESS which ships with VS2005 standard edition?

Wow guys!

Thanks to both for the very prompt reply.

This has given me exactly what I needed.

Thank You