Hello,
I recently upgraded my os from vista home edition to windows 7 home edition and now attempting to install SQL Server 2008 but receiving the following error message:
"Failed to open registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.<InstanceName>\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib or set its security descriptor"
In Summary log of the Setup Bootstrap, the installation is still picking up the previous OS.
Here are the measures I have taken to resolve the issue but to no avail:
- Install SP1 Cumulative Pack 4
- Ensure the windows accounts have the appropriate permissions to the Registry key, SuperSocketNetLib
- created a new windows admin account and ran the installation under Admin account
- disabled firewall and anti-virus s/w
- tried installing SP Cumulative Pack 8 but received error message that installation failed due to previous installation failure. Cumulative Pack 4 installed fine.
I have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installed on the same machine.
Could the installation picking up the previous OS be the issue?
Any help is appreciated
jim
