---
title: "Installation woes and SqlJunkies"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/23/installation-woes-and-sqljunkies.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/23/installation-woes-and-sqljunkies.html"
published: "2003-09-23T03:36:00"
updated: "2003-09-23T03:36:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Nothing beats waiting 2 hours for you vs.Net installation to complete just to discover there was an “Insert disc 1” prompt hidden behind all the other windows that you didn't notice! BTW, I just subscribed to SqlJunkies…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Installation woes and SqlJunkies

By Roy Osherove September 23, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 23, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Nothing beats waiting 2 hours for you vs.Net installation to complete just to discover [there was an “Insert disc 1” prompt hidden behind all the other windows](http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/srisamp/posts/170.aspx) that you didn't notice!

BTW, I just subscribed to [SqlJunkies](http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog). Seems like it's gonna be big. Looks like more and more people are joining every day. In fact, looks like most of the posts there are “Hello world” posts :)

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## About the author

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