I’ve had the most frustrating 4 hours trying to install SQL Server 2008.

It boils down to this: the sql installer has five bugs that stop you installing it properly. Now I’m not sure if most people have seen the SQL Server 2008 installer but it goes on and on checking pre-requisites and performing other tests yet completely and utterly FAILS when trying to do ANY type of install on Windows 2008 Server x64 when you’ve removed SQL Server 2005 beforehand.

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I created the theme for this site by following a tutorial at www.cypherhackz.net. Before I started to build the site up into this style, I took a zip of the theme which I’ll offer up here for people to use to save time making their own.

I have incorporated a set of CSS style rules at the top of the page to help the style sheet remain consistent across browsers. Many thanks to Eric at meyerweb.com for working them all out!