SQL 2005 Mgmt Studio installation fails with MSXML6 failed message

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 21:53 by chad

My situation was sql mgmt studio 2008 was installed with MSXML sp2 installed and everytime I tried to install sql mgmt studio 2005 it would fail with MSXML 6 failed message and book online failed message.
Stumbled across this url http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23238985.html
Which states this,

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hopmedic:
I think I found it... 
First from command prompt, type:
msiexec /unregister
msiexec /regserver
If that doesn't work, go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 and download and run the msi cleanup utility. 
I don't know if it is necessary, but I downloaded and installed msxml6 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=993c0bcf-3bcf-4009-be21-27e85e1857b1&displaylang=en
SQL Server is currently installing, has gotten past where it kept hanging, and looks good

and this worked, like this says.  Specifically, I uninstalled MSXML sp2 with the msi cleanup utility, then installed MSXMXL6 and then upgraded to MSXML 6 sp1.
 
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SE-LAB:
Thank-you hopmedic! I re-imaged the machine and ran the msi cleanup utility to remove msxml6. I then installed SQL as normal and it worked!!!

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