Comments on: SQL Server 2005 on Windows 2008 64 bit SP2. Installation issue http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-server-2005-on-windows-2008-64-bit-sp2-installation-issue/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: stevesz http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-server-2005-on-windows-2008-64-bit-sp2-installation-issue/#comment-70379 stevesz Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:14:25 +0000 #comment-70379 I am not a SQL guy. What follows may or may not apply. This is just my fuzzy recollection of how I, with some help, was able to get SQL Server 2005 running under a 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008.

I had a problem where SQL Server 2005 was not properly installing. As I recall, I had to register the 32bit ASP.NET (or similar) manually to get everything to work. This was a 32bit version. I do not know if there is a 64bit version of SQL 2005, and, if there is, then this may not apply.

Also, as I see you already have, SQL 2005 requires SP2 to work under 2008.

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