Thanks for idea. The only thing that

turned up in search for ssms were two .MSI

files, and said they were installation files.

Should I try to install again? I thought...

OK, thanks much for that link. I don't recall

downloading from that page, although there were

a lot of pages that I looked at.

However, it did lead me to the same...

Well, duhh.

Sorry, didn't know there are two pages, and don't

know how to delete posts or edit them. I think they

all say the same thing more or less, lol. ...

ok, I installed the manager. At the finish of installation

there was a list where it said everything had installed ok

except for a computer restart, which I then did.

After restarting,...

OK, As far as I know the sql server manager download

installed ok. There was a list at the end that said every

list item loaded ok except for a computer...

OK, as far as I know the management studio installed ok.

There was a list at the end where it said the only thing that

had failed was the computer restart. ...

Just finished downloading SQLManagementStudio_x86_ENU at 2/3 GB.

Going to wait till after work to try to install such a behemoth.

Is that last post enough info? I tried to insert

image and find original download page, but need

to leave for work soon. Thanks so much.

\Downloads\SQLEXPR32_x86_ENU

It is downloading now. Does it sound like I got the right thing, at 2/3 GB?

I think I got the right download place finally after

putting in some passwords to ms and such.

But omg, 2/3 of a gigabyte. That will take over an

hour on my...

super, Thanks for swift reply! I guess I'm at the right forum then, yay.

I would've thought that manager would come with original package.

I'll go that route and get back...