Hi,
I got the following error when installing SQL Server 2005 CTP:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP Setup
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The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
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BUTTONS:
&Retry
Cancel
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After examining the setup log file, I found the following message:
Doing Action: Do_sqlScript
PerfTime Start: Do_sqlScript : Wed Jun 01 16:00:49 2005
Service MSSQLSERVER with parameters '-m -Q -qLatin1_General_CI_AI -T4022 -T3659 -T3610 -T4010' is being started at Wed Jun 01 16:00:49 2005
Service failed unexpectedly (1067)
Error Code: 0x8007042b (1067)
Windows Error Text: The process terminated unexpectedly.
Source File Name: sqlsetuplib\service.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Fri Mar 18 08:21:38 2005
Function Name: sqls::Service::Start
Source Line Number: 283
---- Context -----------------------------------------------
Setting status of unmanaged components and removing unmanaged resources
Do_sqlScript
SqlScriptHlpr
Start service MSSQLSERVER
Error Code: 1067
MSI (s) (E8:24) [16:12:01:839]: Running as a service.
Error 29523. The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is (1067) The process terminated unexpectedly.
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<Func Name='GetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='GetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='0'>
Doing Action: Do_sqlScript
PerfTime Start: Do_sqlScript : Wed Jun 01 16:33:12 2005
Service MSSQLSERVER with parameters '-m -Q -qLatin1_General_CI_AI -T4022 -T3659 -T3610 -T4010' is being started at Wed Jun 01 16:33:12 2005
Service failed unexpectedly (1067)
Error Code: 0x8007042b (1067)
Windows Error Text: The process terminated unexpectedly.
Source File Name: sqlsetuplib\service.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Fri Mar 18 08:21:38 2005
Function Name: sqls::Service::Start
Source Line Number: 283
---- Context -----------------------------------------------
In addition, I found an error message in the Windows Event Log(hopefully this will be useful):
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SQLDUMPER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5000
Date: 1/6/2005
Time: PM 4:35:44
User: N/A
Computer: SETTING-NSERVER
Description:
EventType sql90exception, P1 sqlservr.exe, P2 2000.90.1116.0, P3 4258cf76, P4 msvcrt.dll, P5 7.0.3790.1830, P6 4243785e, P7 0, P8 00038944, P9 70a60394, P10 NIL.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
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00a8: 32 00 34 00 33 00 37 00 2.4.3.7.
00b0: 38 00 35 00 65 00 2c 00 8.5.e.,.
00b8: 20 00 30 00 2c 00 20 00 .0.,. .
00c0: 30 00 30 00 30 00 33 00 0.0.0.3.
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Anyone can help with that

SQL Server Service terminated unexpectly during setup
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Thanks,
Dan