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MSXML6 fails while installing SQL Server 2005 Express on Windows XP Service Pack 3. I have checked various solutions on internet where I have been advised to remove SP3 then install SQL Server 2005 Express and reinstall SP3. Are there any alternate solutions?
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MSXML6 fails while installing SQL Server 2005 Express on Windows XP Service Pack 3. I have checked various solutions on internet where I have been advised to remove SP3 then install SQL Server 2005 Express and reinstall SP3. Are there any alternate solutions?

SQL Server 2005 Express - error during installation on Windows XP Service Pack 3

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.