The user also suggested to change SPName REG_SZ to RTM but I did not have to do this as the install successfully completed with the previous changes:
This update is designed for only the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (ENU) product family, and is not compatible with any Express editions.
The following flocking issues must be resolved before you can install Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 software update.Ī compatible version of Visual Studio 2008 was not detected on the system. Setup has detected that this computer does not meet the requirements to install this update. … but when running the install throws the following error:
You attempt to download Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Installer) from the following URL: Please update all Visual Studio 2008 installations to SP1 level, by visiting Microsoft Update. Your SQL Server 2008 R2 setup operation has been cancelled.Īnother version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 has been detected on this system that must be updated to SP1. Please update all Visual Studio 2008 installation to SP1 level, by visiting Microsoft Update. Unlike previous versions (2005/2008/2008 R2), you can install 2012's version of Management Studio side-by-side with any one of those editions.You attempt to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Tools on a server or desktop:Īnother version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 has been detected on this system that must be updated to SP1. Even if you do decide you need to keep the 2008/2008 R2 tools around, you can get the Express version of Management Studio if it meets your needs, and also install the 2012 version. There may be reasons to be using earlier versions of Management Studio these days, but none that impact me (and based on your description I doubt any of those reasons impact you either). If you hold onto 2008 versions you won't be able to manage 2012.
If you can't do it using the Control Panel then I wrote up some tips for manual removal here. Uninstall the Evaluation Edition of 2008 or 2008 R2 completely.However if you try to do that with the 2008/2008 R2 version of SQL Server Express, you get a stripped-down version of Management Studio Express that is missing some key functionality only present when you buy Developer, Standard, Enterprise, etc.īut that isn't the case in the most recent version. You need to remove the evaluation edition and replace it with a proper edition. Migrating your databases to SQL Server Express did not magically turn your evaluation edition into a free edition. Once you're absolutely sure that evaluation is gone, reboot the system just to make sure that the registry is reloaded correctly. I would also go Control Panel, Uninstall Programs, and make sure there wasn't anything left over from the evaluation edition. Then on the left you select Tools, and then click on the Installed SQL Server features discovery report. Start -> All Programs -> SQL Server 2008 -> Configuration Tools -> SQL Server Installation Center. You can run the SQL Server features discovery report to find out what components are actually installed on your laptop.
Since they are saying that this has been resolved since SP1, have you considered installing a newer version of SQL Server 2008 R2 Express?īased on what you're saying and without having your system in front of me, I'd try to find out if the evaluation edition you think you removed might actually still be there. You've already I assume, applied the registry fix suggested by Microsoft.