We have a new 8 proc 64 bit SQL Server with 16 GB of RAM (Windows 2003 Server
R2 Enterprise Ed.), and we are running VERY small test and the performance is
terrible.  This is the second one of these servers I have seen this happen
on.  The boxes perform worse than our developers ...

We have a Window Server 2003 EE and SQL 2000 EE Server with 32GB of Ram.  
How to enable SQL Server to use more than 2GB of Ram.  Our System admin said
if our Server has more than 16 GB or Ram, then we cannot enable the 3GB
switch in the boot.ini file.  As a result, SQL Server ...

Attempting install on WS2003 where SQL Server 2000 is already installed and
operational (has been for years).
During install I selected option for 'New SQL Server Standalone'.
Rule checks pass, 5 out of 5.

Due to 3rd party (HP) application data migration issues, which I will not
into here, I must migrate to new hardware and wish to go with 64-bit during
the process.  
I understand that SQL Server 2000 64-bit cannot be installed on 64-bit xeon

On the install, I'm getting the following message in Summary.txt:
installer has encountered an unexpected error. The error code is 2908. Could
not register component {1F3316BE-825B-4390-A9D2-AF3EECCAE9F6}.
in the installation dialog box, it says:

hi, my name is kareem and this is my first post on this newsgroup.
i work at a company that has a windows sql server 2000 system with lots of
medical patient data on it. we have people that enter new data and access
old data as well, so we cannot afford to have any downtime.

I'm trying to install SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 x64 bit.  I
installed the components, but when I try to install the native client, I get
the error message "This Microsoft SQL Server Native Client package is not
supported on the current processor type."  I have a ...

Every time I try to install SQL 2005 Developers edition the error message
"Failed to load sqlspars.dll' comes up and install fails.
Any ideas on how I can overcome thsi ?
Thanks

Following is the text from error log file
06/18/2008 23:13:20 Slp: The following is an exception stack listing the
exceptions in outermost to innermost order
06/18/2008 23:13:20 Slp: Inner exceptions are being indented

If you're interested in challenging your network, system and SQL
Server support skills, working with complex applications on a tenured
team, then this is the position you've been seeking.  This is a long-
term position where you'd be dedicated to supporting large scale

I am running SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. When I look at SQL Server
configuration manager, Full text search is not showing as being installed.
When I try to add compoents, it won't let me saying that it's already
installed. How do I get Full Text Search installed and ...

I am trying to install SQLServer 2005 on a Vista business machine.  
Whilst checking the system configeration I stop on the the following
error:
"the SQL Server system configuration checker cannot be executed due to

Folks,
Back on May 5, 2008 I posted a question under subject heading “The Wrong
Volume is in the Drive …” regarding media installation errors. Well, I
thought I had a workaround, and there were 1 or 2 times during my testing

I installed SQL Server 2005 yesterday and today tried to apply SP2.  The only
test server I could find was W2000 SP4 and it is underpowered for SQL but it
won't be userd for long.  Mostlyu we are going to use it for training before
we go live with 2005 in production. So we are ...

I have a SBS 2003 R2 Premium install.  SQL was installed using the default
settings.  I now have an application that requires SQL Authentication to be
in Mixed Mode.  
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