SQL Server 2008 installation fails on windows XP

• Minaz Amin

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  May 9, 2011 at 6:43 am

  #237826

  SQL Server 2008 DEV edition

  Windows XP sp3.

  I have been trying to install for past two days each time it fails with the following error:

  Account name is invalid or does not exists or the Password is invalid for the account specified.

  I did have added my NT id to admin group, full permission on micorsoft folder is registry, cleaned all the earlier installation and restared but no use.

  Windows event log says:

  The description for Event ID ( 1042 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: D:\Installables\too\x86\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_loc_msi\1033\sql_engine_core_inst_loc.msi, 4260, (NULL), (NULL), (NULL), , .

  Please help me out here.

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• Welsh Corgi

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  May 9, 2011 at 10:39 am

  #1321835

  As stated in the error message "You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details"

  Try the steps listed in the following URL:

  http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-xp2/how-can-i-use-the-auxsource-flag-in-event-viewer-on-windows-xp-and-later-

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