Error: 'SQL version 8 SP3 is not found' received and 'Prerequisite checker' fails for SQL during ins (NETIQKB42079)

fact
NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 4.0

symptom
Error: 'SQL version 8 SP3 is not found' received and 'Prerequisite checker' fails for SQL during installation, even though SQL 2000 SP3a is installed.

cause
The prerequisite checker is doing a literal check for Microsoft SQL 2000 SP3 and does not recognize that Microsoft SQL 2000 SP3a is installed. 

fix

This issue is fixed in NetIQ Group Policy Administrator (GPA) 4.5.   As a workaround, you can proceed with the installation of GPA, regardless of the failure.

Formerly known as NETIQKB42079