Unable to install Business Contact Manager 2003 on Vista

[tallhamm]

For the last four days I have been trying to install BCM 2003 on Vista. It
was so frustrating that I thouhgt I would post my resolution to help others.

1) Install outlook and make sure it is fully updated
2) Install BCM and make sure you have all updates installed up to SP4
3) Make sure you have all the updates for both Outlook and BCM installed
4) Install Microsoft SQL Server Express (MSSMLBIZ)
5) Install the BCM SP4 patch

After I did all this I enabled BCM and was able to import my database.
I am not as knowledgable about these things as others here. But I finally
got the thing to work with the information shared here. The crux of the
matter was making sure Outlook and BCM had all the patches leading up to SP4.
I tried over and over to install SP4 but could not untill I had these patches
installed. After this it was a breeze. I am not sure if installing SQL Server
Express is necessary but it was suggested here and it was part of what I did.
I hope this helps.

 

[KJS]

I also have been frustrated. I installed outlook at all updates. When I try
to install BCM it says there are compatability issues. I click run anyway
and it starts installing. It then gets to the point where it tries to
install MSDE. It won't continue beyond that and when I hit cancel it
uninstalls everything.

I've installed SQL 2005, I've tried to install SP4 but it says it won't
install because BCM isn't installed. So I'm stuck. It seems that BCM won't
install without SP4 but SP4 won't install until BCM is installed.

How did you get by the MSDE issue when installing BCM?