[INSTALL SQL SERVER] GOT A WARNING MESSAGE

[Microsoft SQL server 2000 standard edition server component is not
supported ont this operation system
Only client components will be avaiable for installation ]
my OS is winXP professional edition.
Anything wrong '
please helpIt is not possible to install SQL Server (the server edition) on to a =desktop OS such as XP Pro.
You do have a few options if you need the DBMS installed on your =computer (for example for development/testing). You can install the =Personal Edition or the Developer Edition of SQL Server to your desktop =machine.
-- Keith
"Agnes" <agnes@.dynamictech.com.hk> wrote in message =news:eJd9rxOPEHA.1340@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> [Microsoft SQL server 2000 standard edition server component is not
> supported ont this operation system
> Only client components will be avaiable for installation ]
> > my OS is winXP professional edition.
> Anything wrong '
> please help
> >|||That's mean I can install to window server2000 but not XP Pro '
"Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> ?
news:OCgeK4OPEHA.3124@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl ?...
It is not possible to install SQL Server (the server edition) on to a
desktop OS such as XP Pro.
You do have a few options if you need the DBMS installed on your computer
(for example for development/testing). You can install the Personal Edition
or the Developer Edition of SQL Server to your desktop machine.
--
Keith
"Agnes" <agnes@.dynamictech.com.hk> wrote in message
news:eJd9rxOPEHA.1340@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> [Microsoft SQL server 2000 standard edition server component is not
> supported ont this operation system
> Only client components will be avaiable for installation ]
> my OS is winXP professional edition.
> Anything wrong '
> please help
>|||> That's mean I can install to window server2000 but not XP Pro '
That is the expected (and correct) behavior.
> [Microsoft SQL server 2000 standard edition server component is not
> supported ont this operation system
This is a true statement
> Only client components will be avaiable for installation ]
Also a true statement
> my OS is winXP professional edition.
This is your problem. The server editions (Standard and Enterprise) of =SQL Server do not install on to desktop operating systems. If you want =to install SQL Server onto your desktop operating system you will need =to install the Personal Edition, the Developer Edition, or a trial =edition.
> Anything wrong '
You are trying to install SQL Server onto an operating system that it =does not install on.
-- Keith
"Agnes" <agnes@.dynamictech.com.hk> wrote in message =news:%23b76DCPPEHA.3128@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> That's mean I can install to window server2000 but not XP Pro '
> > "Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> ?
> news:OCgeK4OPEHA.3124@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl ?...
> It is not possible to install SQL Server (the server edition) on to a
> desktop OS such as XP Pro.
> > You do have a few options if you need the DBMS installed on your =computer
> (for example for development/testing). You can install the Personal =Edition
> or the Developer Edition of SQL Server to your desktop machine.
> > -- > Keith
> > > "Agnes" <agnes@.dynamictech.com.hk> wrote in message
> news:eJd9rxOPEHA.1340@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > [Microsoft SQL server 2000 standard edition server component is not
> > supported ont this operation system
> > Only client components will be avaiable for installation ]
> >
> > my OS is winXP professional edition.
> > Anything wrong '
> > please help
> >
> >
> >