SQL SP4 Bug in MOM 2005 RTM

There is an often-encountered bug in the installation of MOM 2005 (RTM) on a SQL 2000 SP4 database. Workarounds are listed below:   MOM 2005 setup prior to SP1 looks for SQL SP3a and will choke on SP4. You have a couple of options: Download MOM 2005 SP1 (from MSDN subscriber downloads if you have access) or use the following workaround for getting past the SQL 2000 SP4 issue is to change a registry value for SQL back to the SP3 value, install MOM and then restore the original value. The registry key in question is the HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer\CurrentVersio­­n. Find the CSDVersion value and change it from " 8.00.2039" to "8.00.761". Then install MOM 2005.  Then change the value back to "8.00.2039 ".