"Mesquite" wrote:

> I had the same problem, but saw someplace that uninstalling Norton Internet
> Security woulde fix it, so I did and all went fine. I also let it install to
> drive C:, the rest was installed to drive E:, not sure if that is related.
>
>
>
> "Phil Deem" wrote:
>
> > I have NOT installed any of the VS2005 beta releases. At the end of the RTM
> > version of the VS2005 installation, I begin watching the CPU performance.
> > There is some activity at the start of the SQL Express portion of the
> > installation for the first 3-4 minutes - then nothing for the next 15. Last
> > message on the VS installation dialog is "Current component is installing"
> >
> > If I click the Cancel button, the resulting message is "Would you like to
> > cancel setup? If you choose yes, setup will finish installing the current
> > component and then quit." I click Yes. The response is "Setup will be
> > cancelled after the installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
> > x86 is completed." I wait another 30 minutes or so then reboot the PC.
> >
> > This is on WinXP, dual Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz w/2GB of RAM.
> >
> > How do I solve this problem?
> > --