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MSDE 2000 Install on Win XP fails

  • November 10, 2002 at 2:25 pm

    #79258

    I was trying to install the MSDE 2000 from the Office XP CD into Windows XP Pro. In the middle of the installation, it rolls back, does not give any message and the installation fails.

    This was the verbose log file entry where I think it failed.

    Starting custom action InstallSQLAgentSecurity

    InstallSQLAgentSecurity failed (MYPC,LocalSystem,87).

    Action ended 22:48:54: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.

    I have seen many similar posts in different groups but none of them specified any remedy. Please help me with this

    Thank you

  • November 10, 2002 at 5:18 pm

    #440913

    This worked for me and most other folks, I know of one that didn't.

    Make sure you have File And Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks installed and enabled. Do not know the details of why, that fixed it for me.

  • November 11, 2002 at 1:16 am

    #440932

    Thanks a heap. It worked for me too. i wonder how the "file and print sharing" is related to this.

    Thank you

  • November 11, 2002 at 1:06 pm

    #441006

    Don't know, I am thinking probably an available listing of services or something like that. I haven't found documentation on it.

  • November 11, 2002 at 2:11 pm

    #441011

    Ok now I have created a test MSDE Db using Access 2002 project. Now I am done with testing and want to delete this Test DB. Is all the information regarding the DB stored in the resulting .adp file.

    How can I delete the MSDE DB? Will just deleting the .adp file work?

    Thank you

  • November 11, 2002 at 3:50 pm

    #441034

    No the database actually lives on the server. ADP files are the project files for the access application, deleting it will not make the DB go away. I would open a connection to the MSDE server thru QA and do DROP DATABASE dbName or EM and right click the DB and choose delete.

  • November 11, 2002 at 11:40 pm

    #441083

    Hello

    I actually overlooked the "Drop Database" command in the Access project (Tools menu).

    u r right with using the QA and EM, but I don't have SQL Server installed on my PC. Access comes in handy at these times.

    Many thanks for ur help.

  • November 21, 2004 at 7:03 am

    #530976

    Thank you Antares, it worked for me too

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