O K A Y ! ! INSTALLATION SUCCESSFUL ! MANY THANKS TO RICHMA ! ! Here is what we discovered. We followed your three step instructions (2 messages below), deleted the entire registry key . . . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager Name: PendingFileRenameOperations Type: REG_MULTI_SZ...

Thank you for your response. We are fresh and new to Windows Server 2008. Could we have missed enabling one of the services required to install SQL Server Express 2008 or any other installations? We have tried to download and run SQL several times with pre-reqs installed. The only pre-req that does not...

We have the same issue of continuous reboots while installing SQL Server Express 2008. We are having a problem loading MSI 4.5 which we were told is a pre-requisite for the SQL Server Express 2008. Here is a screenshot of the installation failure. We have installed Powershell 1.0 and .Net Framework 3...

Thanks for the information. We have already downloaded from the MS website. We have already tried installing the MIS 4.5 version. I have looked into the MSIEXEC as you suggested. here is what I have . . . Windows ® Installer. V 4.5.6002.18005 ; so should I assume that this is most recent and fulfills...