Previous releases of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008" failed - While Installing SQL Server 2008

You might get entangled while reinstalling SQL Server 2008 on a PC where VS 2008 has already been installed before. Simple way to resolve this scenario is to install VS 2008 SP1 on the machine. Various routes which can be taken are:

· Install Visual Studio 2008 SP1 before you install SQL Server 2008

   OR 

· Uninstall Visual Studio 2008, and then install SQL Server 2008. After SQL Server 2008 is installed, you can install Visual Studio 2008, and then install Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

OR

Do not install the following components of SQL Server 2008:

· Management Tools (Basic or Complete)
· Integration Services
· Business Intelligence Development Studio

For all the scenarios you can refer to the following KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956139