[SQL Native Client]Shared Memory Provider: No process is on the other end of the pipe

Running :

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1

IIS 6.0

.NET Framwork 2.0

Visual Studio 2005

Having trouble installing SQL Server 2005. When it's halfway through installing, and displays the message in the install wizard window "Starting SQL Server.....", it stops dead with the error:

Machine : <mymachinename>

Product : SQL Server Database Services

Error : SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Shared Memory Provider: No process is on the other end of the pipe.

Refer to server error logs and setup logs for more information. For details on how to view setup logs, see "How to View Setup Log Files" in SQL Server Books Online.

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Machine : <mymachinename>

Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Product Version : 9.00.1399.06

Install : Failed

Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0012_<mymachinename>_SQL.log

Last Action : InstallFinalize

Error String : SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was: {Microsoft}{SQL Native Client}Shared Memory Provider: No process is on the other end of the pipe.

This is what I’ve found on the forum links on this error so far:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=177416&SiteID=1

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ms143698.aspx

The suggestions did not help for me.

On one installation try:

While sitting at the "retry/cancel" popup for this show-stopper, I opened control panel and, open Add/Remove programs, it shows a SQL Server 2005 install, yet no is service running, or is even displayed in the services listings.

On the next installation try:

While sitting at the "retry/cancel" popup for this show-stopper, I opened control panel and, open Add/Remove programs, it shows a SQL Server 2005 install, there was a SQL Server Database service running. I could stop it, start it, but could not get past the "retry/cancel" pop-up.

Between installation trys, I remove everything, reboot and start again.

Help!

Jeff