hey guys, im trying to install SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on windows 8.1 . the problem is, every time i try to install i get an error which says:
The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."now when i searched about how to fix it, some say you have to give full permission to "everyone" in "C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Application Data\Microsoft" folder but thats actually for windows xp. the folder "Documents and Settings" changed to Users in windows 7 due to backward compatibles and few other futures. now im stuck with this and im not sure what i can do about it!!! can you guys help me out and tell me how to fix this ?
tnx in advance