Error: "SQL BPA command line has encountered a problem and needs to close"

This error is reported when SQL Server 2005 is installed today. Errors:

 

When running Windows Update and installing the SQL express update I have received ed this error on a couple of machines.

Error :"SQL BPA command line has encountered a problem and needs to close"

To get the installer to work (and not crash) I had to do this .....

01. Create a directory c: \ Program Files \ Microsoft SQL Server \ 90 \ setup Bootstrap \ BPA \ bpaclient

02. copy the bpaclient. DLL form the c: \ Program Files \ Microsoft SQL Server \ 90 \ setup Bootstrap \ BPA \ bin directory into the directory that you just created at then I continued with the install and it worked.

Re-run Windows Update to install the SQL Server/SQL express update.

I have no idea why this works