Cannot install MSDE 2000 on XP SP2

I have attempted to install MSDE 2000 (Italian localized version) on
XP SP2 but the install fails with the message (translated from
Italian): "Impossible to configure the server. For further information
examine the log etc., etc."
Norton Av: disenabled. Not connected to network.
My install parameters were:
setup SAPWD="password" SECURITYMODE=SQL /L*v "C:\Temp\MSDELog.log"
I searched the log for "return value 3" (valore restituito 3, in
Italian), and have captured the 20 lines before the failure:
MSI (s) (EC:D0) [18:27:47:141]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI21.tmp, Entrypoint: InstallSQLAgentSecurity
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
TempFolder is C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\IMPOST~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\
Loading extended custom action library
C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\IMPOST~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\sqlcax.dll
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
Starting custom action InstallSQLAgentSecurity
InstallSQLAgentSecurity succeeded
MSI (s) (EC:38) [18:27:47:261]: Executing op:
ActionStart(Name=SkuIt.2D02443E_7002_4C0B_ABC9_EAB 2C064397B,,)
MSI (s) (EC:38) [18:27:47:261]: Executing op:
CustomActionSchedule(Action=SkuIt.2D02443E_7002_4C 0B_ABC9_EAB2C064397B,ActionType=1025,Source=Binary Data,Target=SkuIt,)
MSI (s) (EC:D8) [18:27:47:261]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI22.tmp, Entrypoint: SkuIt
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
TempFolder is C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\IMPOST~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\
Loading extended custom action library
C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\IMPOST~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\sqlcax.dll
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
Starting custom action SkuIt
MSI (s) (EC:38) [18:27:47:361]: Executing op:
ActionStart(Name=ConfigServer.2D02443E_7002_4C0B_A BC9_EAB2C064397B...
MSI (s) (EC:38) [18:27:47:361]: Executing op:
CustomActionSchedule(Action=ConfigServer.2D02443E_ 7002_4C0B_ABC9_EAB2C064397B...
MSI (s) (EC:C0) [18:27:47:361]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI23.tmp, Entrypoint: ConfigServer
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
TempFolder is C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\IMPOST~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\
Loading extended custom action library
C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\IMPOST~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\sqlcax.dll
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
Starting custom action ConfigServer
Executing "C:\Programmi\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe
-V 1 -M 1 -U sa -I "MSSQLSERVER" -Q "Latin1_General_CI_AS""
MSI (c) (BC:B8) [18:29:54:003]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0,
Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg
Impossibile configurare il server. Per ulteriori informazioni,
esaminare il log degli errori del server e il log degli errori del
programma di installazione.
MSI (s) (EC!C4) [18:29:59:491]: Prodotto: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop
Engine -- Impossibile configurare il server. Per ulteriori
informazioni, esaminare il log degli errori del server e il log degli
errori del programma di installazione.
Fine operazione 18.29.59: InstallFinalize. Valore restituito 3.
Can anyone help me?
Mike Watson
hi Mike,
Mike Watson wrote:
> I have attempted to install MSDE 2000 (Italian localized version) on
> XP SP2 but the install fails with the message (translated from
> Italian): "Impossible to configure the server. For further information
> examine the log etc., etc."
please have a look at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...99&Product=sql
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.11.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.57.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message news:<3b5fcgF6gi5u6U1@.individual.net>...
> hi Mike,
> Mike Watson wrote:
> please have a look at
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...99&Product=sql
Ciao Andrea,
I checked out the the indicated paper. I have no previous installs.
Nonetheless, I physically removed the leftover install folders. I then
added an INSTANCENAME="..." to my ini file and repeated the
installation.
Exactly the same result. Can you give me further help?
Mike Watson
|||Ciao Mike,
Mike Watson wrote:
> I checked out the the indicated paper. I have no previous installs.
> Nonetheless, I physically removed the leftover install folders. I then
> added an INSTANCENAME="..." to my ini file and repeated the
> installation.
> Exactly the same result. Can you give me further help?
>
I actually installed MSDE on WinXP pro sp2 2 days ago on a virtual machine
just to test the very same result reported by another user but I was not
able to repro..
all Microsoft hints related to that kind of problem are indicated to be
solved by that Knowledge Base article... but I learned that sometime MSDE
fails to install on WinXP sp2 due to problems with the MDAC 2.8 WinXP sp2
stack, and currently there's no workaround for that.. but again, I was
(fortunately :D) not able to repro this kind of problems
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.11.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.57.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply