I have installed SQL Server 2008 Express but Visual Web Developer 2008 Express installation fails. My OS is XP SP2. I do also have SQL Server 2005 Express installed but changed the name of the instance when installing 2008 in order to get them both installed. Could this be part of my problem? Any help or advice would be appreciated. The log follows:
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Loading product xml from 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=156093'
DownloadManager Error: 0 : Error loading downloaded product file: 'System.Xml.XmlException: The 'META' start tag on line 8 does not match the end tag of 'HEAD'. Line 10, position 3.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowTagMismatch(NodeData startTag)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEndElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at Microsoft.Web.PlatformInstaller.LineInfoDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(TextReader txtReader)
at Microsoft.Web.PlatformInstaller.ProductManager.LoadFromXml(TextReader xmlTextReader)
at Microsoft.Web.PlatformInstaller.ProductManager.LoadFromXml(String xmlFile)
at Microsoft.Web.PlatformInstaller.ProductManager.LoadProductsFromServer(Uri productFileUrl, String cacheName)'
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Loading product xml from 'http://www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebApplicationList-beta.xml'
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Remote file has not changed, using local cached file:C:\Documents and Settings\jelittlejohn\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\-455772137.xml.temp
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Filtering by majorOS: 5, minorOS: 1, majorSP: 2, minorSP: 0, productType: 1
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Static Content (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?1) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Default Document (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?2) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Directory Browse (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?3) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product HTTP Errors (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?4) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product HTTP Redirection (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?5) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product ASP.NET (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?6) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product .NET Extensibility (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?7) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product ASP (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?8) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product CGI (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?9) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product ISAPI Extensions (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?10) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product ISAPI Filters (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?11) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Server Side Includes (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?12) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product HTTP Logging (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?13) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Logging Tools (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?14) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Request Monitor (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?15) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Tracing (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?16) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Custom Logging (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?17) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product ODBC Logging (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?18) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Basic Authentication (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?19) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows Authentication (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?20) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Digest Authentication (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?21) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Client Certificate Mapping Authentication (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?22) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?23) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product URL Authorization (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?24) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Request Filtering (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?25) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IP Security (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?26) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Static Content Compression (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?27) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Dynamic Content Compression (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?28) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Management Console (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?29) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Management Scripts and Tools (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?30) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Management Service (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?31) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?32) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product WAS Process Model (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?33) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product WAS NetFXEnvironment (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?34) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product WAS Configuration API (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?35) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS 6 WMI Compatibility (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?36) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS 6 Scripting Tools (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?37) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS 6 Management Console (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?38) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product FTP Server (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?39) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product FTP Publishing Service 7.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?122) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product WebDAV 7.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?123) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product FTP Management Console (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?40) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product FTP Extensibility (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?220) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Update for IIS 7.0 FastCGI (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?100) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Update for IIS 7.0 FastCGI (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?102) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Administration Pack 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?128) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Advanced Logging 1.0 Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?147) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Application Request Routing 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?106) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Web Farm Framework 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?117) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product External Cache 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?119) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Application Request Routing 2.0 Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?138) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Database Manager 1.0 RC (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?130) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Dynamic IP Restriction 1.0 Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?132) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Update for Dynamic IP Restriction 1.0 Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?332) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Legacy Dynamic IP Restriction 1.0 Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?334) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product FTP Publishing Service 7.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?47) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Media Pack 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?45) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Media Services 2.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?180) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Media Services 3.0 Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?145) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product IIS Smooth Streaming Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?115) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product PowerShell Snap-in For IIS7 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?126) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Remote Admin Manager for IIS7 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?43) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?222) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product URL Rewrite 1.1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?51) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product URL Rewrite 1.1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?151) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product URL Rewrite 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?651) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product WebDav 7.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?49) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?175) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows PowerShell (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?136) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows PowerShell (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?137) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows PowerShell (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?143) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows Installer 4.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?80) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows Installer 4.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?93) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows Media Services 2008 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?110) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Internet Information Services 6.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?87) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product PHP 5.2.10 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?201) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Search Engine Optimization Toolkit Beta (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?298) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Product Title (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebApplicationList.xml?212) is not supported on this OS
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product ASP.NET MVC 1.0 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?83) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server Express 2008 with Service Pack 1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?79) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server Express 2008 with Service Pack 1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?179) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?279) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?379) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?SQLExpress2005) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?75) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?215) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows Installer 3.1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?217) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Windows Installer 4.5 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?92) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Internet Information Services 5.1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?86) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server Native Client (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?193) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server System CLR Types (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?195) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server 2008 Management Objects (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?197) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product SQL Server 2005 Native Client (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?230) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product MySQL or SQL Express (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebApplicationList.xml?201) is installed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Adding product Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1 (www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?78) to cart
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product 'www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/2.0/WebProductList.xml?78' was already in cart.
DownloadManager Information: 0 : No SQL to configure
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Setting current install to 1
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Starting install sequence
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Downloading file 'http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=146791' to: C:\Documents and Settings\jelittlejohn\Local Settings\Temp\tmpB.tmp
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Moving downloaded file 'C:\Documents and Settings\jelittlejohn\Local Settings\Temp\tmpB.tmp' to: C:\Documents and Settings\jelittlejohn\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\installers\vwdsetup.exe
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Starting EXE install for product 'Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1'. Commandline is: 'C:\Documents and Settings\jelittlejohn\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\installers\vwdsetup.exe /x:C:\DOCUME~1\JELITT~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\vwd\ /q'
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Waiting for process: 8160 - C:\Documents and Settings\jelittlejohn\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\installers\vwdsetup.exe
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Install exit code for product 'Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1' is 0
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Starting EXE install for product 'Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1'. Commandline is: 'C:\DOCUME~1\JELITT~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\vwd\setup.exe /q /norestart /web'
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Waiting for process: 6092 - C:\DOCUME~1\JELITT~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\vwd\setup.exe
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Install exit code for product 'Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1' is 1603
DownloadManager Error: 0 : Install return code for product 'Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1' is Failure
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Product Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1 done install completed
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Increasing current install to 2
DownloadManager Information: 0 : Clearing cart