OK, first off, SQL Server 2005 does run just fine on Vista (as far as I can tell right now at this particular time)
But...at work we all just got new Dell laptops with Vista Business Edition installed (from what I hear you can't even order a laptop with WinXP on it anymore).
Anyway, we went out to install our standard set of software: Visual Studio.NET 2005, SQL Server 2005, etc; and SQL Server 2005 will NOT install.
The culprit: Microsoft Office Web Components 2003. You need to uninstall the Web Components to be able to install SQL Server 2005. Don't worry if you need them, SQL Server 2005's install reinstalls them.
BTW: if you do need the Office Web Components, you need to stop. Microsoft is dropping support for them. Eventually.
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