Visual Studio and SQL Server - correct installation sequence?

Question

I am rebuilding my development machine. This issue is not new to me, but I don\'t remember the solution. I started with SQL 2008 Developer, then VS 2008 Pro, then the SQL SP1, t

Answer 1

If you are trying to install SQL-2008 and you also have visual studio 2008 installed with service pack one (SP1) and get the error

A previous release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 is installed on this computer. Upgrade Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to the SP1 before installing SQL Server 2008”

Then welcome to the Microsoft beta testing program even if you purchased the faulty software.

With XP the most common solution seem to be renaming the registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\VS\Servicing\9.0

and replacing 9.0 with 9.0Old. However this does not solve the problem if you are using windows 7 and the only solution I managed to find that worked was to uninstall VS2008 and all the components and to then install SQL-2008 and finally reinstall VS2008.