| 1 | Stop any third-party tools installed on the server. |
| 2 | Disconnect all users from the server. |
| 3 | Uninstall your current version of SQL Server. |
| = | If you currently use SQL Server 2005 and are upgrading to SQL Server 2008, if a "Setting Internal Properties" error occurs [Figure 168], go to Microsoft support, knowledgebase number 919945 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919945). |
| 4 | Restart the server. |
