Then It Might Show This, Click OK and Let It Finish

SQL2008 Installation

First you see this, click OK:

Then it might show this, click OK and let it finish:

Next this, click Restart now: It restarts, login again, restart the DVD and you get this:

Click on Installation (2nd item on the left menu) and you get this: Select first choice on the right: New SQL Server stand-alone ...”

You get this, click OK: You get this (it has the key built-in), click next: Next this, check I accept and click Next:

Next this, click Install: Next you get this, you may have to do a re-run after you first get a warning on the last item, Windows Firewall – and you temporarily disable it: Next this, click Select All and click Next:

Next this, change the named instance name to SQLServer2008 and click next: You get this, click Next: Now the trickier part starts, you see this:

Choose “NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM” for all first 4 items, leave this other ones unchanged, it should look like this, click Next: Now you get this, it’s the most important choice: Make sure to change to Mixed Mode and once you get this, enter sqlserver2008 as password and repeat it, and also click the Add Current User button at the bottom of the screen, then click Next:

You get this, click Add Current User and click Next: You get this, click Next: You get this, click Next:

You get this, click Next: You get this, click Install: It starts installing, let it finish:

When it’s done, you get this – click Next: And you get this, click Close:

DONE 