Cannot install it at all

I was following the post that Jeff had where he could not re-install MSDE.
But I cannot install it at all. When I run the setup and specify the
TARGETDIR I can watch the setup install the folder and the files under it.
However; when it gets to the end it removes it completely. I do not have an
instance of the install in the registry. I cannot find it under add/remove
programs. I do not have a service running after the install. In fact, this
is why I started using the TARGETDIR switch. I thought I was going nuts.
Just as a test, I installed it on my work PC and it worked with no problems.
I have dual boot (win98 on c:\ and w2k on d:\). I am trying desperately to
load on w2k. Please help and thank you.
"Linda" wrote:

> I was following the post that Jeff had where he could not re-install MSDE.
> But I cannot install it at all. When I run the setup and specify the
> TARGETDIR I can watch the setup install the folder and the files under it.
> However; when it gets to the end it removes it completely. I do not have an
> instance of the install in the registry. I cannot find it under add/remove
> programs. I do not have a service running after the install. In fact, this
> is why I started using the TARGETDIR switch. I thought I was going nuts.
> Just as a test, I installed it on my work PC and it worked with no problems.
> I have dual boot (win98 on c:\ and w2k on d:\). I am trying desperately to
> load on w2k. Please help and thank you.
|||Correction: I do have MSSQLServerADHelper as a service which is pointing to
d:\program files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\tools\Binn\sqladhlp.exe ... which
does not exist. I disabled it from my hardware profile, and that did not
work.
"Linda" wrote:

> I was following the post that Jeff had where he could not re-install MSDE.
> But I cannot install it at all. When I run the setup and specify the
> TARGETDIR I can watch the setup install the folder and the files under it.
> However; when it gets to the end it removes it completely. I do not have an
> instance of the install in the registry. I cannot find it under add/remove
> programs. I do not have a service running after the install. In fact, this
> is why I started using the TARGETDIR switch. I thought I was going nuts.
> Just as a test, I installed it on my work PC and it worked with no problems.
> I have dual boot (win98 on c:\ and w2k on d:\). I am trying desperately to
> load on w2k. Please help and thank you.
|||hi Linda,
"Linda" <Linda@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:DB8FB3DF-E869-4387-AC3D-0DA53F19F62C@.microsoft.com
> I was following the post that Jeff had where he could not re-install
> MSDE. But I cannot install it at all. When I run the setup and
> specify the TARGETDIR I can watch the setup install the folder and
> the files under it. However; when it gets to the end it removes it
> completely. I do not have an instance of the install in the
> registry. I cannot find it under add/remove programs. I do not have
> a service running after the install. In fact, this is why I started
> using the TARGETDIR switch. I thought I was going nuts. Just as a
> test, I installed it on my work PC and it worked with no problems. I
> have dual boot (win98 on c:\ and w2k on d:\). I am trying
> desperately to load on w2k. Please help and thank you.
please add the
/L*v "d:\MsdeLog.txt"
parameter to your call to setup.exe, in order to produce a verbose log
(about 2mb) of the installation process
then search for
Return Value 3
result in order to see what the problem is
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.9.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.55.1
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||I ran it with the log and found the Return Value 3 which was
InstallSQLAgentSecurity failed (HomePC,LocalSystem,87).
Action ended 20:54:18: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
I looked up the error and found it immediately. I had to install File and
Print sharing. OMG Thank you so much. It is asking me to reboot now.
"Andrea Montanari" wrote:

> hi Linda,
> "Linda" <Linda@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:DB8FB3DF-E869-4387-AC3D-0DA53F19F62C@.microsoft.com
> please add the
> /L*v "d:\MsdeLog.txt"
> parameter to your call to setup.exe, in order to produce a verbose log
> (about 2mb) of the installation process
> then search for
> Return Value 3
> result in order to see what the problem is
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.9.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.55.1
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>