http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2009/07/08/sql-server-2008-on-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2.aspxI haven’t had many problems myself when installing SQL Server 2008 on either Windows 7 or Windows server 2008 r2 but there are a few things to watch out for which I have shamelessly lifted from KB955725 : You should install SQL Server 2008 sp1 as thisen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2009/07/08/sql-server-2008-on-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx#3268407Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:35:42 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3268407Colin Robinson<p>have you tried deploying reports to reporting services on a win7 box to a local instance of reporting services. It fails in my enviroment even when running ie and Visual studio with priveledges elevated to run as administrator. I tried adding domain account to content administrators but it still fails ...</p>http://blogs.technet.com/andrew/archive/2009/07/08/sql-server-2008-on-windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx#3268820Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:16:46 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3268820Andrew_Fryer<p>Colin - a job for tomorrow, when I get my paws on the RTM (you get your chance on 6th August when it'll be on TechNet.</p>