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Upgrading MSDE SP4 to SQL Server 2005 Express Error

Asked by ctstone14 in SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server

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I'm attempting to do an in-place upgrade of MSDE SP4 with SQL Server 2005 Express SP2.  I have two instances of MSDE on my computer, but I'm only upgrading one of those, which shouldn't be a problem.  My installation procedures are simple, all I'm doing is running SQLEXPR32.exe and following the GUI steps to upgrade this instance, using Windows Authentication.  The install fails when running sqlagent90_msdb_upgrade.sql, which about 3/4 of the way through the DB services step.  Here's the error text from the dialog boxes:  

SQL Server Setup has encountered the following problem: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Unspecified error occurred on SQL Server. Connection may have been terminated by the server. To continue, correct the problem, and then run SQL Server Setup again.

SQL Server Setup has encountered the following problem: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Shared Memory Provider: No process is on the other end of the pipe. To continue, correct the problem, and then run SQL Server Setup again.

SQL Server Setup has encountered the following problem: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Communication link failure. To continue, correct the problem, and then run SQL Server Setup again.

All 3 of those occur in succession, after hitting the retry button.  At the last error, I have to hit cancel.  The computer is now in a "hybrid" state... somewhere between MSDE and SQL Server.  

Any initial ideas, or should I post my entire error log?

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