MSDE 7 and SP4

  • I have two Blackberry installations using MSDE 7 with no service packs. I have applied SP4 and MS03-031 to two other MSDE instances running other software with no problems.

    On these servers, the service pack gets stuck on the screen validating the account. On one server, I used the sa to run the SP, on the other I used my login account. I let them both run for 20 minutes before killing the service pack. Restarting the server and trying again didn't help.

    I'm not sure if I should just reschedule and allow 3 hours to get the service pack installed -- is it just really slow, or maybe it will never complete?

    I have applied SP3 to about 30 instances of SQL 2000 and haven't had any problems like this.

    Kathi

    Aunt Kathi Data Platform MVP
    Author of Expert T-SQL Window Functions
    Simple-Talk Editor

  • I found the solution -- maybe it will help someone else.

    Even though I new better, I must have tried to install the service pack via Terminal Services. I have been installing MS03-031 on almost 50 assorted SQL instances with TS. This weekend, I made sure I was using a non-session technology to remote control the servers, and I was successful in installing the service pack.

    Aunt Kathi Data Platform MVP
    Author of Expert T-SQL Window Functions
    Simple-Talk Editor

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