Reporting Services option GREYED OUT!

Hello All,

I have a workstation that had an installation of SQL 2K5 that a tech set up for me. Naturally, it was the wrong edition AND no components were actually installed, making my laptop into a paperweight. I advised that we get SQL Developer for the DBA's and I am trying to install but the option for Reporting Services is greyed out.

I have uninstalled SQL (I think it was Standard) and I even went through the "complete uninstall" detailed in one of these threads thinking that was the problem. I am still unable to install Reporting Services.

Has anyone run into this problem?

PLEASE HELP!

thanks!

I am hoping Microsoft will document this pesky problem in future version it means you are installing SQL Server into a box without IIS. So post you operating system exact version and I will give the steps you need to fix it. Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the reply...but when I go through the prereq's, it finds IIS and gives no warnings or errors. I've seen that issue before and you get a warning from the prereq step.

I'll check again.

Thanks!

P.S. I am running Xp Pro SP 2

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OK, here's the deal, at least in my case. You not only have to have IIS installed, but it must be RUNNING. Caddre led me to look at the service and when I did, I was getting a logon failure, so it never started.

It may just be me, but this seems illogical. If the service is not installed, that's one thing. If it is simply not running, you should not only be able to install Reporting Services, but a message that IIS is installed but not running would be cool.

Thanks again,

EJ

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You are saying that because you don't know how hard it was to install the 2000 version of the service, when 2005 was released Microsoft choose to disable components based on dependency instead of ending installation. XP pro go to Add/Remove programs and choose Windows components and add IIS. If it is still not there then go to the location below in your C drive and use the aspnet_regiis utility.

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

|||It is not illogical because if you go to the location I posted there is a utility to start IIS if needed.