Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspxWith the release of Feb CTP, one of the known issues that's in this release is that setup might fail with a message that the server could not connect to the database. It's listed in the known issues section of the CTP notes, but here is the error anden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#394260Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:08:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:394260Julie LermanTHANKS! I have to do a presentation tomorrow on ADO.NET 2.0 and was just installing SQL Server Feb CTP on my laptop and had this problem. Your post was a lifesaver!!re: Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#394405Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:394405NikoAwesome! I'm sorry that we even had to release with this issue, but it's already fixed so the next release will be ok. Glad you stumbled across this post in time.re: Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#394730Sun, 13 Mar 2005 03:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:394730Jeffrey P. SilverstoneThank You. It saved my sanity.re: Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#394746Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:19:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:394746NikoYeah, it's easy to test your sanity with errors like this.re: Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#402903Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:42:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:402903Sameer DehalviCool...! It works.. Thanks...! re: Feb CTP fails during setup with "setup could not connect to the database for server configuration"....http://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#403565Wed, 30 Mar 2005 03:22:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:403565G. Diggityagreed, thanks for the post, I would never have read the release notes, since they usually have nothing useful... <br> <br>SQL 2005 beta 2 setup failed | keyongtechhttp://blogs.msdn.com/nikop/archive/2005/03/04/384952.aspx#9364168Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:19:19 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9364168SQL 2005 beta 2 setup failed | keyongtech<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.keyongtech.com/2249089-sql-2005-beta-2-setup">http://www.keyongtech.com/2249089-sql-2005-beta-2-setup</a></p>