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Am attempting to use SQL Server 2005 EXPRESS on WINXP. Have successfully
downloaded SQL Server 2005 Express and Maintenance Studio Express. No
errors were received duing the installation of either program. However,
when I click on the icon for MSE, the hard disk spins for about a minute,
but nothing comes up on the screen. Isn't MSE a graphical user interface to
manage the DBs. What do you think my problem might be here???

Dec 5 '05 #1
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(wf*********@bellsouth.net) writes:
Am attempting to use SQL Server 2005 EXPRESS on WINXP. Have
successfully downloaded SQL Server 2005 Express and Maintenance Studio
Express. No errors were received duing the installation of either
program. However, when I click on the icon for MSE, the hard disk spins
for about a minute, but nothing comes up on the screen. Isn't MSE a
graphical user interface to manage the DBs. What do you think my
problem might be here???


Yes, Management Studio Express is a graphical tool. I can't really say
why you do not get it ro run. The first time you get some box "Preparing
for first use". Did you see that part?

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx
Dec 5 '05 #2
Thank you for responding Erland. No, I didn't get any box, as you
suggested. When I click on the Icon to start MSE, the disk spins for about
10 seconds, and that's it. This is in the properties section of the Icon:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\ssmsee.ex e" Is this the correct
calling program? Any other suggestions???
"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...
(wf*********@bellsouth.net) writes:
Am attempting to use SQL Server 2005 EXPRESS on WINXP. Have
successfully downloaded SQL Server 2005 Express and Maintenance Studio
Express. No errors were received duing the installation of either
program. However, when I click on the icon for MSE, the hard disk spins
for about a minute, but nothing comes up on the screen. Isn't MSE a
graphical user interface to manage the DBs. What do you think my
problem might be here???


Yes, Management Studio Express is a graphical tool. I can't really say
why you do not get it ro run. The first time you get some box "Preparing
for first use". Did you see that part?

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx

Dec 6 '05 #3
(wf*********@bellsouth.net) writes:
Thank you for responding Erland. No, I didn't get any box, as you
suggested. When I click on the Icon to start MSE, the disk spins for
about 10 seconds, and that's it. This is in the properties section of
the Icon:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\ssmsee.ex e" Is this the correct
calling program? Any other suggestions???


Yes, that is the correct program. Have you looked in the Windows eventlog?

Also, did you have any other edition of SQL 2005 installed previously,
or had had installed?

I'm sorry for the lack of suggestions, but it is a situation that is
very difficult to diagnose from a distance.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx
Dec 6 '05 #4
Hi Erland:

Nothing found in the Window Event indicating any problem at all. I have SQL
Server 2000 installed on the same computer. That works great. What I would
like to do once I get Video Studio working correctly, is to migrate the DB
in 2000 to 2005.
"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...
(wf*********@bellsouth.net) writes:
Thank you for responding Erland. No, I didn't get any box, as you
suggested. When I click on the Icon to start MSE, the disk spins for
about 10 seconds, and that's it. This is in the properties section of
the Icon:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\ssmsee.ex e" Is this the correct
calling program? Any other suggestions???


Yes, that is the correct program. Have you looked in the Windows eventlog?

Also, did you have any other edition of SQL 2005 installed previously,
or had had installed?

I'm sorry for the lack of suggestions, but it is a situation that is
very difficult to diagnose from a distance.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx

Dec 7 '05 #5
(wf*********@bellsouth.net) writes:
Nothing found in the Window Event indicating any problem at all. I have
SQL Server 2000 installed on the same computer. That works great. What
I would like to do once I get Video Studio working correctly, is to
migrate the DB in 2000 to 2005.


Video Studio? I assume that you mean Visual Studio, but weren't you
talking about Management Studio Express?

SQL 2000 on the same box should not be a problem.

I would suggest that you try a second computer if you can. If that
works, maybe you could try to think of which differences there may be.

You could log a bug on http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/,
but I advice you to be very specific about your environment (for instance
graphics card), or else the bug is likely to be closed as "Not Reproduced".

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx
Dec 7 '05 #6
Hi Erland:
Yes, I was talking about Management Studio. I have installed the software
for both MSE and SQL Server Express on the same maching. It is not
networked, and resides on my home computer, a laptop.
I've seen a couple of posts from other endusers with exactly the same
problem as me, and have them to get back to me if they have some resolution.
"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xn**********************@127.0.0.1...
(wf*********@bellsouth.net) writes:
Nothing found in the Window Event indicating any problem at all. I have
SQL Server 2000 installed on the same computer. That works great. What
I would like to do once I get Video Studio working correctly, is to
migrate the DB in 2000 to 2005.


Video Studio? I assume that you mean Visual Studio, but weren't you
talking about Management Studio Express?

SQL 2000 on the same box should not be a problem.

I would suggest that you try a second computer if you can. If that
works, maybe you could try to think of which differences there may be.

You could log a bug on http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/,
but I advice you to be very specific about your environment (for instance
graphics card), or else the bug is likely to be closed as "Not
Reproduced".

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx

Dec 8 '05 #7

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