OWC11 Causing SQL Installation Failure

If you have not properly installed Office Web Components - OWC11, it will cause catastrophic failure in your SQL Server 2005 installation. You can download and install OWC11 from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=7287252c-402e-4f72-97a5-e0fd290d4b76&displayLang=en Then only you start your SQL installation.

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