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Hello Community,
I'm trying to do a basic install of SQL Server Express 2008 on an XP SP3 machine. It had been working prior to an install of Visual Studio 2008 (with SQL). I had to uninstall and reinstall for testing purposes. Now I can't get an install to complete. After days of uninstalling and reinstalling, including blowing out all Visual Studio stuff, all .net stuff, and reinstalling .net 3.5 SP1 (no Visual Studio), I still can't get SQL Server Express 2008 installed (and running, that is...the management studio and config manger get installed). Here is the error on install:
"A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the pre-login handshake. (provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 - The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted.)"
I have no idea why certificates are even looked at. I've verified in the Configuration M ...
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