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description: "SQL Server Native Client Error MSSQLSERVER_50000"
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# SQL Server Native Client Error MSSQLSERVER_50000
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## Details  
  
| Attribute | Value |
| --------- | ----- |
|Product Name|SQL Server|  
|Product Version|11.0|  
|Event ID|50000|  
|Event Source|SETUP|  
|Component|[!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Native Client|  
|Symbolic Name||  
|Message Text|A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file '%.*ls'.|  
  
## Explanation  
 An attempt was made to install (or update) [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Native Client on a computer where [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Native Client is already installed, and where the existing installation was from an MSI file that was renamed from sqlncli.msi.  
  
## User Action  
 To resolve this error, uninstall the existing version of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Native Client. To prevent this error, do not install [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Native Client from an MSI file that is not named sqlncli.msi.  
  
## Internal-Only