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crugerenator
Posting Yak Master

126 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-15 : 13:15:20
So I'm using Visual Studio's one click deployment to install/update software for users. SQL Express 2005 is the default, and I need to get all current and new users to update to SQL Express 2005 SP2. Ontop of that, I need to change the sa password for all current users (I should be able to manually set it for the new guys).

The problem I'm having is that instead of just updating the current SQL Express engine installed, it creates a new instance of the SQL Express engine when installing SQL Express SP2.

Is there anyway to just update SQL Express to SP2? Is there an easy way to change the sa password when doing so?

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-15 : 13:18:10
You must have the wrong installation package. Go to the MS site and grab just SP2. You should also be installing the latest (or close to) cumulative update package as there are lots of fixes available for SP2 already. SP3 is slated to be released later this year.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

Database maintenance routines:
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/archive/2004/07/02/1705.aspx
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