I've had a similar problem during setup.  After following WeiLin's instructions on hunting down these issues I found that the account that I was trying to install from didn't have access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE@SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FltMgr.  After changing the permissions here and restarting the software installed as expected.  I found the details of the error in the file "Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\***Installation attempt folder***\Detail.txt".

I hope this can help somebody else.

Thank you for sharing this experience with us!

Have a good day!

I am going to mark this question as the answer. We had to resort to a premier ticket but we have something called Digital Guardian on our network. It's totally invisible and managed by our security team. Microsoft read through the logs and saw that it was stopping the upgrade portion of the install seeing it as a threat. 

So it was permissions but it was due to Digital Guardian stopping it silently and totally invisibly. Once we had it turned off on that machine it went through just fine. 

Thanks for all the help and effort.

Hi wshfail,

I received your email and analyzed the error log you sent to me, I found the below message:

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Running Action: SetPatchInstallStateAction

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Error: Action "SetPatchInstallStateAction" threw an exception during execution.

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException: No more data is available.

This issue might be caused by the permission on the registry key. I would like to suggest you to check the permission on the registry key  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall, and make sure you current account has the full control on this key. In addition, please use an administrator account to install SQL Server on your computer.

Thanks,
Weilin Qiao

Hi wshfail,

I just looked over the error log you post here, unfortunately, there are little information for troubleshooting, please send me the error logs which located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log by default, and send them to sqltnsp AT Microsoft.com (Please replace AT with @) with the following format: 
 

Subject: MSDN/TechNet forum question: <Thread Title>
Attachments: <files>
Hi your_name,

ThreadURL: <URL>
<Additional information> 

Thanks,
<your_name>

In addition, for installing SQL Server 2008 Express, the following required components need to be installed manually before we run SQL Server Setup:

• .NET Framework 2.0 SP2

• Windows installer 4.5

For more detailed information, please refer the below link:

Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2008

Thanks,
Weilin Qiao

Hi wshfail,

Thank you for your update and sorry for my delay. I am currently looking into this issue and will give you an update as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Thanks,

Weilin Qiao

Even with all of this and OS reinstallations I'm still getting the issue. Specifically in the Detail.txt of the log this is the Error. I can provide the whole log but here is what I think is the relevant part:

Detail.txt:

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         Exception rethrown at [0]:

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.EndInvokeHelper(Message reqMsg, Boolean bProxyCase)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(Object NotUsed, MessageData& msgData)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.BlockingWorker.WorkerCallback.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult result)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.BlockingWorker.PerformWork(MethodInvoker method)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.InstallWizardFramework.InstallWizardPageHost.ExecuteAction(String actionName)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.InstallWizardFramework.InstallWizardPageHost.PageLeft(PageChangeReason reason)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.UIHost.set_SelectedPageIndex(Int32 value)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.UIHost.GoNext()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.NavigationButtons.nextButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:     Inner exception type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlRegistryException

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         Message: 

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 No more data is available.

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         Stack: 

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.InternalRegistryKey.SubKeys()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlRegistryKey.SubKeys()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.ArpRegKey.CleanupPatchedProductRegistryInfo()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.SetPatchInstallStateAction.ExecuteAction(String actionId)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Chainer.Infrastructure.Action.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.InvokeAction(WorkflowObject metabase, TextWriter statusStream)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.PendingActions.InvokeActions(WorkflowObject metaDb, TextWriter loggingStream)

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Watson Bucket 1 

 Original Parameter Values 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 0 : SQL2008@RTM@ 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 2 : Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.InternalRegistryKey.SubKeys 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 3 : Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 4 : Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlRegistryException@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 5 : GatherUserSettings 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: 

 Final Parameter Values 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 0 : SQL2008@RTM@ 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 2 : 0x66B35FD4 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 3 : 0xA733A93B@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 4 : 0x5CEFFB70@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 5 : GatherUserSettings 

2011-03-29 14:43:09 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_Microsoft SQL Server.reg_

2011-03-29 14:43:09 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_Windows_CurrentVersion_Uninstall.reg_

2011-03-29 14:43:09 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_MSSQLServer.reg_

Hi wshfail,

Could you please try to download a new installation media for SQL Server and then try to reinstall? And before reinstall, please follow the below steps to remove all components of previous installed SQL Server completely:

1. Remove all SQL Server components from 'Programs and Features'
2. Backup the registry
3. Delete the following keys in regedit:

    --HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
    --HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer

4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall  and delete all the sub-keys referencing SQL Server
5. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and delete all the keys referencing SQL Server
6. Rename all the SQL Server folders in the computer
7. Reboot the machine
 
Please download new setup from here: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Service Pack 1（http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=01af61e6-2f63-4291-bcad-fd500f6027ff&displaylang=en）

If there are any more questions, please feel free to let me know.

Thanks,
Weilin Qiao

Each time I try to install SQL Server Express half way through the process it halts and give the error "No mor Data Available" Error  0x84BB0001

I have tried setting permissions on the 100 folder and in the registry and I cant find the issues. Here is a print out of the Summary.txt from the dumps:

SUMMARY.TXT

Overall summary:

  Final result:                  SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.

  Exit code (Decimal):           -2068119551

  Exit facility code:            1211

  Exit error code:               1

  Exit message:                  SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.

  Start time:                    2011-03-29 14:42:35

  End time:                      2011-03-29 14:43:00

  Requested action:              Install

Machine Properties:

  Machine name:                  888888888

  Machine processor count:       4

  OS version:                    Windows XP

  OS service pack:               Service Pack 3

  OS region:                     United States

  OS language:                   English (United States)

  OS architecture:               x86

  Process architecture:          32 Bit

  OS clustered:                  No

Product features discovered:

  Product              Instance             Instance ID                    Feature                                  Language             Edition              Version         Clustered 

Package properties:

  Description:                   SQL Server Database Services 2008

  SQLProductFamilyCode:          {628F8F38-600E-493D-9946-F4178F20A8A9}

  ProductName:                   SQL2008

  Type:                          RTM

  Version:                       10

  Installation location:         d:\8c8e19149cba834844ad553bfc\x86\setup\

  Installation edition:          EXPRESS

  Slipstream:                    True

  SP Level                       1

User Input Settings:

  ACTION:                        Install

  ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN:      False

  AGTSVCACCOUNT:                 <empty>

  AGTSVCPASSWORD:                *****

  AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Manual

  ASBACKUPDIR:                   Backup

  ASCOLLATION:                   Latin1_General_CI_AS

  ASCONFIGDIR:                   Config

  ASDATADIR:                     Data

  ASDOMAINGROUP:                 <empty>

  ASLOGDIR:                      Log

  ASPROVIDERMSOLAP:              1

  ASSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>

  ASSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic

  ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS:            <empty>

  ASTEMPDIR:                     Temp

  BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE:         Disabled

  CONFIGURATIONFILE:             

  CUSOURCE:                      

  ENABLERANU:                    False

  ERRORREPORTING:                False

  FEATURES:                      SQLENGINE,REPLICATION

  FILESTREAMLEVEL:               0

  FILESTREAMSHARENAME:           <empty>

  FTSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>

  FTSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  HELP:                          False

  INDICATEPROGRESS:              False

  INSTALLSHAREDDIR:              C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\

  INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR:           C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\

  INSTALLSQLDATADIR:             <empty>

  INSTANCEDIR:                   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\

  INSTANCEID:                    <empty>

  INSTANCENAME:                  <empty>

  ISSVCACCOUNT:                  NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService

  ISSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic

  NPENABLED:                     0

  PCUSOURCE:                     d:\8c8e19149cba834844ad553bfc\PCUSOURCE

  PID:                           *****

  QUIET:                         False

  QUIETSIMPLE:                   False

  RSINSTALLMODE:                 FilesOnlyMode

  RSSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>

  RSSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic

  SAPWD:                         *****

  SECURITYMODE:                  <empty>

  SQLBACKUPDIR:                  <empty>

  SQLCOLLATION:                  SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

  SQLSVCACCOUNT:                 <empty>

  SQLSVCPASSWORD:                *****

  SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Automatic

  SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS:           <empty>

  SQLTEMPDBDIR:                  <empty>

  SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR:               <empty>

  SQLUSERDBDIR:                  <empty>

  SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:               <empty>

  SQMREPORTING:                  False

  TCPENABLED:                    0

  X86:                           False

  Configuration file:            C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\ConfigurationFile.ini

Detailed results:

  Feature:                       Database Engine Services

  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details

  MSI status:                    Passed

  Configuration status:          Passed

  Feature:                       SQL Server Replication

  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details

  MSI status:                    Passed

  Configuration status:          Passed

Rules with failures:

Global rules:

Scenario specific rules:

Rules report file:               C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm

I've had a similar problem during setup.  After following WeiLin's instructions on hunting down these issues I found that the account that I was trying to install from didn't have access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE@SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FltMgr.  After changing the permissions here and restarting the software installed as expected.  I found the details of the error in the file "Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\***Installation attempt folder***\Detail.txt".

I hope this can help somebody else.

Thank you for sharing this experience with us!

Have a good day!

I am going to mark this question as the answer. We had to resort to a premier ticket but we have something called Digital Guardian on our network. It's totally invisible and managed by our security team. Microsoft read through the logs and saw that it was stopping the upgrade portion of the install seeing it as a threat. 

So it was permissions but it was due to Digital Guardian stopping it silently and totally invisibly. Once we had it turned off on that machine it went through just fine. 

Thanks for all the help and effort.

Hi wshfail,

I received your email and analyzed the error log you sent to me, I found the below message:

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Running Action: SetPatchInstallStateAction

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Error: Action "SetPatchInstallStateAction" threw an exception during execution.

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp: Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException: No more data is available.

This issue might be caused by the permission on the registry key. I would like to suggest you to check the permission on the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall, and make sure you current account has the full control on this key. In addition, please use an administrator account to install SQL Server on your computer.

Thanks,
Weilin Qiao

Hiwshfail,

I just looked over the error log you post here, unfortunately, there are little information for troubleshooting, please send me the error logs which located atC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log by default, and send them to sqltnsp AT Microsoft.com (Please replace AT with @) with the following format: 
 

Subject: MSDN/TechNet forum question: <Thread Title>
Attachments: <files>
Hi your_name,

ThreadURL: <URL>
<Additional information> 

Thanks,
<your_name>

In addition, for installing SQL Server 2008 Express, the following required components need to be installed manually before we run SQL Server Setup:

• .NET Framework 2.0 SP2

• Windows installer 4.5

For more detailed information, please refer the below link:

Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2008

Thanks,
Weilin Qiao

Hi wshfail,

Thank you for your update and sorry for my delay. I am currently looking into this issue and will give you an update as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Thanks,

Weilin Qiao

Even with all of this and OS reinstallations I'm still getting the issue. Specifically in the Detail.txt of the log this is the Error. I can provide the whole log but here is what I think is the relevant part:

Detail.txt:

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         Exception rethrown at [0]:

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.EndInvokeHelper(Message reqMsg, Boolean bProxyCase)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(Object NotUsed, MessageData& msgData)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.BlockingWorker.WorkerCallback.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult result)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.BlockingWorker.PerformWork(MethodInvoker method)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.InstallWizardFramework.InstallWizardPageHost.ExecuteAction(String actionName)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.InstallWizardFramework.InstallWizardPageHost.PageLeft(PageChangeReason reason)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.UIHost.set_SelectedPageIndex(Int32 value)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.UIHost.GoNext()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.WizardFramework.NavigationButtons.nextButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:     Inner exception type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlRegistryException

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         Message: 

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 No more data is available.

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:         Stack: 

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.InternalRegistryKey.SubKeys()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlRegistryKey.SubKeys()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.ArpRegKey.CleanupPatchedProductRegistryInfo()

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.SetPatchInstallStateAction.ExecuteAction(String actionId)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Chainer.Infrastructure.Action.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.InvokeAction(WorkflowObject metabase, TextWriter statusStream)

2011-03-29 14:42:57 Slp:                 at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.PendingActions.InvokeActions(WorkflowObject metaDb, TextWriter loggingStream)

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Watson Bucket 1 

 Original Parameter Values 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 0 : SQL2008@RTM@ 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 2 : Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.InternalRegistryKey.SubKeys 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 3 : Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 4 : Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.SqlRegistryException@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 5 : GatherUserSettings 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: 

 Final Parameter Values 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 0 : SQL2008@RTM@ 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 2 : 0x66B35FD4 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 3 : 0xA733A93B@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 4 : 0x5CEFFB70@1211@1 

2011-03-29 14:43:00 Slp: Parameter 5 : GatherUserSettings 

2011-03-29 14:43:09 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_Microsoft SQL Server.reg_

2011-03-29 14:43:09 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_Windows_CurrentVersion_Uninstall.reg_

2011-03-29 14:43:09 Slp: Sco: Attempting to write hklm registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer to file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\Registry_SOFTWARE_Microsoft_MSSQLServer.reg_

Hi wshfail,

Could you please try to download a new installation media for SQL Server and then try to reinstall? And before reinstall, please follow the below steps to remove all components of previous installed SQL Server completely:

1. Remove all SQL Server components from 'Programs and Features'
2. Backup the registry
3. Delete the following keys in regedit:

    --HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
    --HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer

4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall  and delete all the sub-keys referencing SQL Server
5. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services and delete all the keys referencing SQL Server
6. Rename all the SQL Server folders in the computer
7. Reboot the machine
 
Please download new setup from here: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Service Pack 1（http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=01af61e6-2f63-4291-bcad-fd500f6027ff&displaylang=en）

If there are any more questions, please feel free to let me know.

Thanks,
Weilin Qiao

Each time I try to install SQL Server Express half way through the process it halts and give the error "No mor Data Available" Error  0x84BB0001

I have tried setting permissions on the 100 folder and in the registry and I cant find the issues. Here is a print out of the Summary.txt from the dumps:

SUMMARY.TXT

Overall summary:

  Final result:                  SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.

  Exit code (Decimal):           -2068119551

  Exit facility code:            1211

  Exit error code:               1

  Exit message:                  SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.

  Start time:                    2011-03-29 14:42:35

  End time:                      2011-03-29 14:43:00

  Requested action:              Install

Machine Properties:

  Machine name:                  888888888

  Machine processor count:       4

  OS version:                    Windows XP

  OS service pack:               Service Pack 3

  OS region:                     United States

  OS language:                   English (United States)

  OS architecture:               x86

  Process architecture:          32 Bit

  OS clustered:                  No

Product features discovered:

  Product              Instance             Instance ID                    Feature                                 Language             Edition              Version         Clustered 

Package properties:

  Description:                   SQL Server Database Services 2008

  SQLProductFamilyCode:          {628F8F38-600E-493D-9946-F4178F20A8A9}

  ProductName:                   SQL2008

  Type:                          RTM

  Version:                       10

  Installation location:         d:\8c8e19149cba834844ad553bfc\x86\setup\

  Installation edition:          EXPRESS

  Slipstream:                    True

  SP Level                       1

User Input Settings:

  ACTION:                        Install

  ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN:      False

  AGTSVCACCOUNT:                 <empty>

  AGTSVCPASSWORD:                *****

  AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Manual

  ASBACKUPDIR:                   Backup

  ASCOLLATION:                   Latin1_General_CI_AS

  ASCONFIGDIR:                   Config

  ASDATADIR:                     Data

  ASDOMAINGROUP:                 <empty>

  ASLOGDIR:                      Log

  ASPROVIDERMSOLAP:              1

  ASSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>

  ASSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic

  ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS:            <empty>

  ASTEMPDIR:                     Temp

  BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE:         Disabled

  CONFIGURATIONFILE:             

  CUSOURCE:                      

  ENABLERANU:                    False

  ERRORREPORTING:                False

  FEATURES:                      SQLENGINE,REPLICATION

  FILESTREAMLEVEL:               0

  FILESTREAMSHARENAME:           <empty>

  FTSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>

  FTSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  HELP:                          False

  INDICATEPROGRESS:              False

  INSTALLSHAREDDIR:              C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\

  INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR:           C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\

  INSTALLSQLDATADIR:             <empty>

  INSTANCEDIR:                   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\

  INSTANCEID:                    <empty>

  INSTANCENAME:                  <empty>

  ISSVCACCOUNT:                  NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService

  ISSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic

  NPENABLED:                     0

  PCUSOURCE:                     d:\8c8e19149cba834844ad553bfc\PCUSOURCE

  PID:                           *****

  QUIET:                         False

  QUIETSIMPLE:                   False

  RSINSTALLMODE:                 FilesOnlyMode

  RSSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>

  RSSVCPASSWORD:                 *****

  RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic

  SAPWD:                         *****

  SECURITYMODE:                  <empty>

  SQLBACKUPDIR:                  <empty>

  SQLCOLLATION:                  SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

  SQLSVCACCOUNT:                 <empty>

  SQLSVCPASSWORD:                *****

  SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Automatic

  SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS:           <empty>

  SQLTEMPDBDIR:                  <empty>

  SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR:               <empty>

  SQLUSERDBDIR:                  <empty>

  SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:               <empty>

  SQMREPORTING:                  False

  TCPENABLED:                    0

  X86:                           False

  Configuration file:            C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\ConfigurationFile.ini

Detailed results:

  Feature:                       Database Engine Services

  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details

  MSI status:                    Passed

  Configuration status:          Passed

  Feature:                       SQL Server Replication

  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details

  MSI status:                    Passed

  Configuration status:          Passed

Rules with failures:

Global rules:

Scenario specific rules:

Rules report file:               C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20110329_144156\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm