cannot install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2

I get the following error message each time I try to install SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2:

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is either not installed or is disabled. IIS is required by some SQL Server features. Without IIS, some SQL Server features will not be available for installation. To install all SQL Server features, install IIS from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or enable the IIS service through the Control Panel if it is already installed, and then run SQL Server Setup again. For a list of features that depend on IIS, see Features Supported by Editions of SQL Server in Books Online.

This problem is described in:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920201
and each of the IIS 7 components specified in this article have been installed.

When I continue with:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934162,
the script 'adsutil.vbs' cannot be executed because it does not exist anywhere on my drive.

My question is, what is the 'adsutil.vbs' script and how do I get a hold of it? Are these contortions really necessary to get SQL server working or has MS provided a patch for this nasty problem?

My system:

VISTA Home Premium, x64

Intel Quad CPU, 2.4GHz

4Gig RAM

500Gig hard disk

Thanks,

Ian

I've removed MS Office, VS2005 + documentation and everthing related to SQL. I then re-installed the 64 bit version of the .NET framework 2.0 and followed this up by SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP2. The same problems occur as reported below.

I've been at this for 5 days. Can anyone give me an idea of where to begin debugging this problem or should I simply give up and report it as a bug to Microsoft. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions.

Thanks,

Ian

Reported warnings:

- IIS Feature Requirement (Warning)

Messages

IIS Feature Requirement

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is either not installed or is disabled. IIS is required by some SQL Server features. Without IIS, some SQL Server features will not be available for installation. To install all SQL Server features, install IIS from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or enable the IIS service through the Control Panel if it is already installed, and then run SQL Server Setup again. For a list of features that depend on IIS, see Features Supported by Editions of SQL Server in Books Online.

ASP.Net Version Registration Requirement (Warning)

Messages

ASP.Net Version Registration Requirement

64-bit ASP.Net is Registered. Required 32-bit ASP.Net to install Microsoft Reporting Services 2005(32-bit).

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1. I've now enabled all IIS features.

2. For the SSEAS setup, I make no selections and simply keep the default feature selection (i.e. data base services). At the `Existing components` window, the option `SQL Server Database services 9.2.30042.00` is disabled and clicking on `next` displays a message that "None of the selected features can be installed or upgraded. Setup cannot proceed...".

Any ideas as to what this causing the bug and how to get past it?

Ian

|||I reformatted the hard driver, reinstalled Vista Premium, SQL Server Express and all is well now.|||Make shure you didnt mask reportng services resources on instalation, because, IIS is a pre-requisit to install it.