Originally posted by techgnome
See.... this is what happens when not all the info comes out first time......
Yes, having MS SQL DE makes a diff. Basically SQL Server is already installed. The only thing you don't have are the tools. Re-run the install. But this time select to only install the query tools (I forget what the exact name for it is, but it's the option that will install only QA, EM and a couple of other things).
Sorry about that. I originally posted the message and then tried Vs.net install whereupon I found out that the desktop was installed. I am not familiar with how to access SQL server through the desktop, etc. but I'll play around with it.

Thanks guys, for your help.