Found one more

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...42375&SiteID=1

I can't figure out where that file is supposed to come from that isn't getting compiled. I don't know how it CAN get compiled when I can't find it anywhere...still looking...

you ran mofcomp?

did you see anything named sqlmgmprovider or sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up ?

I did run the mofcomp and when it didn't find that file, I did a search on my computer and didn't find it anywhere. Then I went to that folder Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Shared and there weren't many files in there at all. So I looked also at Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Shared and there weren't any files named that there either. I'm slightly stumped now because I don't know where or when that file is supposed to be there to compile...

Unfortunately starting to be at a loss as well. So you can't install sql express 2005 at all, or just can't get it working with the accounting?

I can't install it at all. When I try to install Accounting Express, that's the first thing it installs. When that fails, the whole install just stops. So that's when I tried to get it just installed by itself - that didn't work either.

I KNOW it will work on Home Premium, I just can't figure out why it's not installing on mine.

try
winmgmt /resetrepository

if that fails see if you can send me your bootstrap logs, i doubt you can post them, but you can send me a pm if it won't let you send them to me

Do I need to back out and uninstall everything that DID install (which doesn't included the database engine) before I run this command?

By the way - I really appreciate your help with this. I know it's been a royal pain!!

lol i don't have all the answers

first try it with whatever configuration you have right now

if that doesn't work, uninstall, run reset, run verify, then try the install

WMI repository reset failed
Error code: 0x8007041B
Facility: Win32
Description: A stop control has been sent to a service that other running services are dependent
on.