Problem with installing SQL Server

Hi All,

I'm running into a problem when trying to install SQL Server onto my laptop that is running Windows XP. The error message that is displayed is:

"An error occurred while creating one or more registry entries. Please see
C:\Windows\sqlstp.log for details. The problem could be caused by a low
registry quota condition."

Does anyone know how to solve this?? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Pete

Seems to be a complex issue, may need sqlstp.log for trouble-shooting. For a quick check, please take a look at this link, which also mentioned an issue of installing SQL on WinXp:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=182716&SiteId=1

|||Typically this type of error (which isn't SQL Server specific) can/will happen if the account you are using can't access the registry to write/update new entries... or if there aren't enough empty 'slots' available.

Were you running/installing this as admin? (or were you trying to throw this instance on to a DC, etc?)

Try this link as well:
http://www.mcse.ms/archive82-2004-12-1281012.html