Recent Service Packs and Version From Microsoft
Well, I have went through the installation of all the updates Microsoft has recently released. I finally set up a Windows 2008 virtual machine. I have installed SQL Server 2008 on my workstation (XP), laptop (Vista RTM) and a Windows 2008 virtual machine. I have also installed Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5 service pack 1. Most if not all was a torturous process. Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5 SP1 installs kept throwing exceptions on both my workstation and laptop. SQL 2008 would consistently fail on all sorts of “rules” when the conditions were not configured in a way that the failure was claiming. One example would be the “SQL 2005 Express Tools” rule would fail saying they were installed when they weren’t. It turned out to be RedGate’s SQL Prompt and uninstalling that made it pass. I was really excited about these updates. Sadly the new features and fixes are great but installing them is a nightmare. I have never experienced anything like this before and I hope they stand up and take notice. From what I seen I am definitely not the only one.
