This has been a very frustrating experience or more accurately numerous receptions of the same experience. Here's the problem.
I have Visual Studio 2010 installed on my 64bit PC.with the version of SQL Server 2008 Express that was packed with the Visual Studio.
I attempted to install the SQL Management Studio (SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU) and the install failed indicating that I needed SQL Server Service Pack 1. I downloaded SP 1 run the SSME again with the same result. I then ran the Windows Microsoft update, which update 13 programs including Visual Studio 2010. I tried to run the install again (for the fourth time) and the results were the same.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
Thanks,
Milt
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