I am trying to install the 64 bit SQL Server 2005 client tools on Windows 7.
In the System Configuration check I am getting 3 warnings. The first is a
operating system compatibility warning which I believe will be solved when I
install SP 3. I am concerned with the other two ...

All,
The earlier DBA has installed  “SQLServer 2005 Developer Edition”  on our
staging box instead of installing “SQLServer 2005 Enterprise Edition”. Before
I go about uninstalling the Developer edition and reinstalling the Enterprise

Very new to SQL, so forgive me if this is something obvious.
We have a single maintenance plan which has several sub-tasks. We are
trying to set things up so we get a single email alert if any of the
maintenance plan sub-tasks fail.

All my tries to get a SQL Server 2008 installed on my Windows 7 machine failed.
I even tried the slipstreamed SP1 installation (event though it is very
anoying that i have to create this myself and not getting a properly prepared
download).

I've noticed that after increasing the initial size of the model database it
cannot be reduced.  I increased it from 3MB to 5MB and although I can later
specify a lower value, say back to 3MB, the change dosen't stick.  I'm using
Management Studio on a 2005 default instance.  Is ...

I have a big server  (W2008R2 64-bit 32GB 8CPU)
It is designed to be used as a dedicaced SQL Server 2008 64-bit
for many applications.
My question is:

I am trying to run a set up script on SQL Server 2005 on w 2003 which
uses AD for authentication.
I have an idea that the error is caused by AD cos the script is know
to work when AD is not used.

I'm getting the error WMI windows management instructmentation module is not
installed when I
try to start windows management services.
WHEN I RUN

I'm getting:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup
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The following error has occurred:

I am a beginer in SQL Server.
I have to migrate SS2000 to SS2500
what is the best path ?
- installation SS2005

We have a sharepoint environment and we create our sites in one SQL
database (2005), there are many sites in one SQL DB. When the DB gets
over 30GB in size we create a new DB and create new sites in that. My
question is would it be better to split the sites out into multiple

I'm currently having SQL Server 2008 Express with Adv. Services (64bit)
installed on my dev. workstation. I'm now fortunate enought to have received
a fully licensed SQL Server 2008 std. edt. and considering to upgrade my
Express. But there are certain features there that I need. ...

I cannot run the SQL Server setup.exe.
The error is "The SQL Server System Configurtion Checker cannot be executed
due to WMI configuration on the machine JROUGH  Error:2147942526 ()x8007007e."
I am installing it on Windows XP Pro.  I would like to know the cause of

Good Morning,
Yes, I still have a 6.5 SQL database that I need to have becase of an old
version of Great Plains.  The being said, I need to restore a very large
database.  When I go to create the table to hold the database I get this

I have a fresh install of SQL 2005 SP3 on a fresh Windows 2008 box.  When I
attempted to login with Management Studio using a domain admin account I was
denied.  "Login failed for user domain\admin"
So I tried from a remote machine using the same ID and no problem, I was