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Trying to install 6.5 on Windows 2000

  • July 19, 2002 at 9:24 pm

    #58477

    I am trying to install SQL Server 6.5 on a Windows 2000 box at work. We run the install, but it seems to just sit there. When we look in the process tab of the task manager, it looks as if isql.exe is doing something. I watched it for almost 1 hour, and it stayed on the same screen. Any suggestions or tricks?

  • July 21, 2002 at 2:41 pm

    #433146

    Stop isql.exe and reboot your server. Remember, you will need to apply SQL Server sp5a it is required to run SQL 6.5 in a 2000 server, otherwise it won't work.

    When applying SQL server 6.5 in a Win 2000 box, it replaces the DTC service and install the MSDTC from the CD, this causes sometimes the isql executable to hang. Rebooting seems to do the trick. Good luck!

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