PRB SQL Express Installation not installing Manager

PRB SQL Express Installation not installing Manager.
Please help,
We are trying to work with SQL Server Express 2005, but we are having
several installation problems.
#1) Despite all efforts, the Database Manager program (ssmsee.exe) is NOT
being installed on some XP-Pro machines even though the user has FULL admin
right (and then some) to their machine. And the machine is fully 100% updated
with all MS patches, including IE 7. This includes many uninstall-reinstall
efforts.
#2) On some machines that HAD the Database MAnager, the user logs in, and
then suddenly it is GONE. The file and the short cut link.
#3) We need a profiler tool like SQL Server's 2000 Profiler which worked on
MSDE, but does not seem to be able to work on SQL Express 2005.
Thank you for the reply,
You have answered 1 and 2 through that link. Basically to explain 1 and 2 in
other words. We installed SQL Express 2005 and it DID install the management
tool, the same one that is in that link you provided. But it did not do this
on every machine. And on some machine, after a few days, it disappeared. And
no matter what we tried to do on the machines that never got it, or once had
it, we could never get it again. From this, I would have to say, that perhaps
the SQL Express 2005 installer has some bug that is making it install the
manager tool either from itself, or maybe the web, some of the time, and then
perhaps removing it from the SQL Server Express 2005 service. As nothing else
can explain this behavior. We have tested this out over 7 machines, including
2 of which were Windows 2000. Strangely, the Windows 2000 machines were the
only one to get the manager tool and keep them so far.
As for the #3, can one use the SQL Server 2000 profiler with a SQL Express
2005 database? Once upon a time, with MSDE, one could do that.
|||ONLY if you have a legitimately purchased and licensed copy of SQL Server
which gives you license to use Profiler.
Arnie Rowland, Ph.D.
Westwood Consulting, Inc
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Most experience comes from bad judgment.
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top yourself.
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"ATS" <ATS@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you for the reply,
> You have answered 1 and 2 through that link. Basically to explain 1 and 2
> in
> other words. We installed SQL Express 2005 and it DID install the
> management
> tool, the same one that is in that link you provided. But it did not do
> this
> on every machine. And on some machine, after a few days, it disappeared.
> And
> no matter what we tried to do on the machines that never got it, or once
> had
> it, we could never get it again. From this, I would have to say, that
> perhaps
> the SQL Express 2005 installer has some bug that is making it install the
> manager tool either from itself, or maybe the web, some of the time, and
> then
> perhaps removing it from the SQL Server Express 2005 service. As nothing
> else
> can explain this behavior. We have tested this out over 7 machines,
> including
> 2 of which were Windows 2000. Strangely, the Windows 2000 machines were
> the
> only one to get the manager tool and keep them so far.
> As for the #3, can one use the SQL Server 2000 profiler with a SQL Express
> 2005 database? Once upon a time, with MSDE, one could do that.