Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

I also have the "Force Encryption" option for the SQL Server 2005 Network Connections set to "No".<BR><BR>This is as default an install on Windows XP Professional as possible.

I installed SQL Server 2005 first. I did a cusotm install on VS2005 and the setup said it "failed" to install SQL Server Express with an error, but everything else was installed just fine.

Microsoft’s support for SQL Server 2005 ends in April and just like with Server 2003, you should take the end-of-life announcements from Microsoft seriously.