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<blockquote data-quote="fuzz pucker" data-source="post: 407977" data-attributes="member: 90848">Hi, I'll start with some specs:OS: Vista ultimate 64 bitCPU: P4 3.0 GHZ w/ hyperthreadingRAM: 1x2 GB keingston ramTV tuner: ASUS falcon 2I am a haveing a problem installing media portal, when it asks me to download SQLEXPR64.EXE then run it there is only SQLEXPR.EXE on the microsoft website, I read somewhere this contains the 64 bit and 32 bit versions. So I download it and let media portal take it away, however after some time I get a error message saying something like &quot;MS SQL Server could not be installed&quot; I click ok and everything closes. So, I tried to Install the SQL thingy myself so media portal wouldn't have to... But that wouldn't work either, It gave me the following error message(s) &quot;SQL server VSS writer failed to start&quot;, &quot;SQL server service failed to start&quot;. I am stumped at what to do next, and suggestions would be great, Thanks in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fuzz pucker, post: 407977, member: 90848"] Hi, I'll start with some specs: OS: Vista ultimate 64 bit CPU: P4 3.0 GHZ w/ hyperthreading RAM: 1x2 GB keingston ram TV tuner: ASUS falcon 2 I am a haveing a problem installing media portal, when it asks me to download SQLEXPR64.EXE then run it there is only SQLEXPR.EXE on the microsoft website, I read somewhere this contains the 64 bit and 32 bit versions. So I download it and let media portal take it away, however after some time I get a error message saying something like "MS SQL Server could not be installed" I click ok and everything closes. So, I tried to Install the SQL thingy myself so media portal wouldn't have to... But that wouldn't work either, It gave me the following error message(s) "SQL server VSS writer failed to start", "SQL server service failed to start". I am stumped at what to do next, and suggestions would be great, Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]

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