Problem with SQL SERVER 2008 set to install

A recent need to test a project requires SQL SERVER 2008 to be installed after Microsoft downloads the evaluation version

Found in the middle of a variety of installation failures, the process has been recorded, hoping to encounter such problems with friends to explore together, helpful:

1. Windows 2003, Windows 7 new installed when feasible, but if there is a removal after the reinstall can not be installed again

2. According to countless pioneers on the Internet failure prompted countless retries, including changes to the installation file directory, modify registry permissions, etc. can not be resolved

3. Test production integration SP1 and hotfix

First download the relevant patches

Download Sqlserver2008sp1-kb968369-x86-chs.exe

Download SQLSERVER2008SP1 after the SP1 of the hotfix, pay attention to the need to use e-mail to extract the password, it seems that Microsoft is the periodic change patch of the decompression password, to prevent someone to do Automatic Updates

4. Decompression

Sqlserver2008sp1-kb968369-x86-chs.exe/x:d:sp1-pcu

Sqlserver2008-kb969099-x86.exe/x:d:sp1-cu

Sqlserver2008-kb970315-x86.exe/x:d:sp1-cu

Sqlserver2008-kb973601-x86.exe/x:d:sp1-cu

Sqlserver2008-kb976761-x86.exe/x:d:sp1-cu

5. Integrated Installation

Setup.exe/pcusource=d:sp1-pcu/cusource=d:sp1-cu

This step failed, prompting the following error

Microsoft (R) SQL Server 2008

The following error occurred:

The setting ' Pcusource ' specified is not recognized.

Error Result:-2068578301

Result facility code:1204

Result Error Code:3

Please review the Summary.txt log for further details

Based on the experience of the pioneer, the extracted SqlSupport.msi is performed before the

Before removing the installation, wait for the following ...

Removing legacy installations took one hours.

In my old NB mounted two more hours, finally installed successfully!

Post-Setup query version for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP1)-10.0.2740.0 (Intel X86) Oct 24 2009 15:53:40