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Message: <blockquote data-quote="igalan" data-source="post: 393429" data-attributes="member: 13477">I had a problem on my old HTPC where MS SQL Express 2005 would not install. However I can't remember how I fixed it. I remember that it failed to install even when running the installer directly. But looking at the log of SQL Express and using Google I found the answer, which was a bit of an obscure problem. Sorry I can't give you better clues; I'm not even sure it's the same problem, but try to install it alone and see what happens. Regardless of having fixed the problem I switched to MySQL.Now I still use MySQL on the new HTPC, and you can use this one, as well. It's lighter on resources and works well for MediaPortal. For me the main advantage is that it's easy to backup the database, although not that easy to manage the data directly if you have the need.</blockquote>