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SQL Server FAQs - Downloading and Installing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

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A collection of 14 FAQs on SQL Server 2005 Express Edition download and installation. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on installing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition; installing .NET Framework Version 2.0; installing Management Studio Express Edition and Books Online. Topics included in this collection are:

1. What is Microsoft SQL Server?
2. How to download Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition?
3. What are the requirements to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition?
4. Why I am getting "The Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 in not installed" message?
5. How to download and install Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0?
6. What is mscorsvw.exe - Process - Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN?
7. How to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition?
8. How do you know if SQL Server is running on your local system?
9. What is sqlservr.exe - Process - SQL Server (SQLEX?PRESS)
10. How to download and install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express?
11. How to connect SQL Server Management Studio Express to SQL Server 2005 Express?
12. How to run Queries with SQL Server Management Studio Express?
13. How to download and install SQL Server 2005 Books Online?
14. How to run SQL Server 2005 Books Online on your local system?

Please note that all tutorials are based on Windows XP Pro. SP2 system.

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