MSDE Install

[ckugo]

I am running a Windows 2000 server with SP4. This is a backup domain controller and is the Data Center for our Citrix farm. I am trying to install MSDE on the box for a certain app and am getting absolutely no where.

I tried the install that came with the app, I tried the most recent download, and I have not gotten anywhere. When I run setup, I run it with the switches that are available. These are the switches that I have had the most luck with:

DISABLEROLLBACK=1
SECURITYMODE=SQL
INSTANCENAME="INSTANCENAME"
SAPWD="password"
DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0
REBOOT=ReallySuppress
/L*v C:\msde\log.txt

When I run that group I can get it to install, but the service won't start. It says that the install is corrupt or has been tampered with when I try to start it. I downloaded the lower case computer name patch from MS (the computer name is not in lower case, but I am running out of options), I manually removed the registry keys and reinstalled, but nothing seems to do the trick. I really don't know what else to try.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[ckugo]

No one has ran into this before??

 

[drtree]

I have ran into this issue before, and on one occassion the only way to fix it (that I found) was to reinstall the OS. In that case it was Windows XP. I did some research on the 'net but did not find anything. Do you have any other machines available to you? Are there any other platforms this app will support (maybe MySQL with an ODBC connection?) Unfortunately, as I couldn't find a real solution either, I can't be of much help. I eventually ended up (to get around the issue) a copy of Win2K server with SQL Server 2k and that has worked fine.

HTH,

Dr Tree