Error Description:
Error: SQL Server Setup Failed to compile the Managed Object Format...
Resolution:
User may report this error: Unable to install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005. Installation will Exit.
Summary.txt shows: SQL Server Setup Failed to compile the Managed Object Format (MOF) file c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof. To proceed, see "Troubleshooting an Installation of SQL Server 2005" or "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help documentation.
QLocalinstall.log will show: Return code was 29513.
there may be a corrupt WMI repository
The user MUST run the CMD prompt as an administrator (right-click the CMD Prompt in the start menu, and left click on Run as Administrator)
From a command prompt, go to C:\Windows\system32. Then type these commands:
C:\Windows\system32\winmgmt /verifyrepository
(you will see: WMI repository is INCONSISTENT)
C:\Windows\system32\winmgmt /salvagerepository
(you will see: WMI repository salvage failed
Error code: 0x8007041B
Facility: Win32
Description: A stop control has been sent to a service that other running services are dependent on.)
C:\Windows\system32\winmgmt /salvagerepository
(you should see: WMI repository has been salvaged)
Once you get the message that the WMI repository has been salvaged, ask the user to reboot and then try the Q Local 2.1 install again.
This has only been seen with 2.1 and Vista. Verify the user has Vista before continuing.