HI there,
I installed SharePoint (MOSS) 2007 on a Win 2003 SP2 server using SQL Server 2005 ENT and later installed SQL 2005 SP2. At the time I didn't install the client tools on the server (which apparently I should have).
I now attempted to install client tools on the server but I got an error message "SQL Server Native client failed because a higher version already exists on this machine... To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then run SQL Server Native client setup"
I failed to find on the net a client .msi that included SP2 and a bit of Goggle research pointed to the fact that I cannot easily uninstall SQL 2005 SP2.
Log story short I am at a dead end: I cannot install client due to an higher version and cannot uninstall the higher version.
Any suggestions on how to get the client tools installed on the server.
Thank you,
Luis
I installed SharePoint (MOSS) 2007 on a Win 2003 SP2 server using SQL Server 2005 ENT and later installed SQL 2005 SP2. At the time I didn't install the client tools on the server (which apparently I should have).
I now attempted to install client tools on the server but I got an error message "SQL Server Native client failed because a higher version already exists on this machine... To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then run SQL Server Native client setup"
I failed to find on the net a client .msi that included SP2 and a bit of Goggle research pointed to the fact that I cannot easily uninstall SQL 2005 SP2.
Log story short I am at a dead end: I cannot install client due to an higher version and cannot uninstall the higher version.
Any suggestions on how to get the client tools installed on the server.
Thank you,
Luis