Installation

Hi,
I ama trying to install SQL Server Express 2005, when the setup.exe does an anlysis of the machine configuration it tellme that out of 10 checks one has failed, and that the machine needs tobe rebooted in order to fulfill a requirment from a previous installation, I did this and went to start the installation process again only ot be told that this check failure still exists, unfortunately I cannot progress, has anybody experienced this, I am using Windows XP Hone, with ASP.NET 2.0 installed and Web Dev Express 2005 Beta 2
Looking forward to hearing fom youTry this link apparently XP home was not supported. Hope this helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=97383299-e74b-4af8-90c7-fa0ca20a10c4&DisplayLang=en|||Thanks, that would explain it then... I think I am going to can Web Dev Express, because the whole thing has been a very bad experience I think I will try web matrix again although that also has me trying to tear my hair out....|||

I am sorry about the experience but since you have installed the Visual Web developer try this link and download the evaluation edition of SQL Server 2000 and yes if you choose the personnal edition during installation you can install it on WinXP home. Hope this helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/trial/default.mspx
http://beta.asp.net/GuidedTour/