How to install running SQL Server 2005 under the Win8.1 system

In normal circumstances, the installation of Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 suite under the win8/win8.1 system will have a compatibility problem, even if the installation is completed, the end result is that its service items do not start properly.

If a user creates a project that is run and debugged according to the SQL Server 2005 standard, how can you normally use the SQL Server 2005 suite under Microsoft's latest Windows8/windows 8.1? The following small series is a simple introduction to the use of file replacement method To resolve temporary scenarios where their service items do not start properly. Of course, it is recommended to use databases above SQL Server 2008, after all, now that the SQL Server 2012 release has been released for more than a year.

Specific steps: Choose to install the 64-bit database development version of the suite as an example.

1, run the installer, if there is a compatibility problem, choose "Run the program without getting Help"

2, choose 64-bit installation

3, choose the service components that you need to install

4, select the built-in system account

5, select the mixed mode landing, and enter the login database password

6. When SQL Server 2005 fails to start, this time does not first click Retry or Cancel.

7, in the SQL Server 2005 installation directory, for example, under the C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Servermssql.1mssqlbinn folder, find Sqlservr.exe and Sqlos.dll these two files ( Rename the backup in advance, and then replace it with the other two SQL Server SP4 versions of the files in the following attachment.

8. When the SQL Server 2005 installation is complete, the suite is not started, but the service project of SQL Server is forced to stop first. (Enter Computer Management, select SQL Server Configuration Manager, prohibit SQL Server 2005 corresponding service items)

9, then the previous backup of the 2 files covered back, and then immediately hit the SQL Server SP4 patch.

10. After installing SQL Server SP4 patch, restart the computer immediately, you can start the SQL Server 2005 Administration Tool Suite normally.