

This occurs for either Windows or SQL authentication.

Finally I give up and kill the setup process and reboot.Īfter reboot, it appears that the client tools have been installed (the icons appear and I can open the Management Studio, but when I try to connect to an existing instance of SQL, that hangs. Investigating protection problems using the troubleshooting file on the client. Regardless of the options I choose (SQL Engine + Client Tools, Client Tools only, etc.) when the installation gets to the end of the Client Tools setup and the setup status displays "Removing Backup Files", my PC appears to hang.įor a period of time, there is a fair amount of HD activity which gives me the impression that files are in fact being deleted, but then there is no HD activity and the installation appears to hang. Third-party security software removal in Symantec Endpoint Protection. For the past several weeks, I have been trying to install SQL Server 2005 on a Win XP SP2 PC.
