Cannot reinstall MSDE on XP after uninstall it

I have trouble reinstalling MSDE 2000 on a XP machine after uninstalled it. I
did apply SP3a to the previous install of MSDE 2000 on the same XP machine.
Some of the component in an application did not work well so I had to
uninstall the MSDE 2000 SP3a completely. I removed all folders and even
registry entries. I kept getting this message, "Setup failed to configure the
server. Refer to the server error logs and setup logs for more information".
Unfortunately, those error and setup logs were useless. So, I used the /L*v
parameter to generate the setup log but it did not pinpoint why it failed. It
always fail at the last 4 seconds install period.
I ran the same setup on another XP machine. After uninstalled MSDE, removed
folders and registry entries, I was able to reinstall MSDE 2000 again.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
KC
Here's a Knowledge Base article with instructions on how to manually
uninstall MSDE 2000.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320873
Good luck,
Tony Sebion
"KC" <KC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3C2F678-813C-46EA-A216-9469F13777C3@.microsoft.com:

> I have trouble reinstalling MSDE 2000 on a XP machine after uninstalled it. I
> did apply SP3a to the previous install of MSDE 2000 on the same XP machine.
> Some of the component in an application did not work well so I had to
> uninstall the MSDE 2000 SP3a completely. I removed all folders and even
> registry entries. I kept getting this message, "Setup failed to configure the
> server. Refer to the server error logs and setup logs for more information".
> Unfortunately, those error and setup logs were useless. So, I used the /L*v
> parameter to generate the setup log but it did not pinpoint why it failed. It
> always fail at the last 4 seconds install period.
> I ran the same setup on another XP machine. After uninstalled MSDE, removed
> folders and registry entries, I was able to reinstall MSDE 2000 again.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
> KC
|||Thank you for the reply. First, I looked for those registry entries mentioned
in the article. None of them exists. So, I installed Windows Support Tools
for XP on the machine, ran the msizap with GUID, it found nothing.
The setup still fails with the same error message. What's next?
Thank you for the article though.
"Tony Sebion" wrote:

> Here's a Knowledge Base article with instructions on how to manually
> uninstall MSDE 2000.
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320873
>
> Good luck,
> Tony Sebion
>
> "KC" <KC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F3C2F678-813C-46EA-A216-9469F13777C3@.microsoft.com:
>
>
|||hi
KC wrote:
> Thank you for the reply. First, I looked for those registry entries
> mentioned in the article. None of them exists. So, I installed
> Windows Support Tools for XP on the machine, ran the msizap with
> GUID, it found nothing.
> The setup still fails with the same error message. What's next?
>
sometimes this is due to MDAC mess, so you have to fix it...
you can try reinstalling the used MDAC stack and, in case of WinXP sp2, fix
it as described in http://www.macropool.com/en/download/mdac_xp_sp2.html
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||KC wrote:
> I have trouble reinstalling MSDE 2000 on a XP machine after uninstalled it. I
> did apply SP3a to the previous install of MSDE 2000 on the same XP machine.
> Some of the component in an application did not work well so I had to
> uninstall the MSDE 2000 SP3a completely. I removed all folders and even
> registry entries. I kept getting this message, "Setup failed to configure the
> server. Refer to the server error logs and setup logs for more information".
> Unfortunately, those error and setup logs were useless. So, I used the /L*v
> parameter to generate the setup log but it did not pinpoint why it failed. It
> always fail at the last 4 seconds install period.
> I ran the same setup on another XP machine. After uninstalled MSDE, removed
> folders and registry entries, I was able to reinstall MSDE 2000 again.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
> KC
Hi,
A had the same problem. I found that there isn't uninstalled
MSSQLServerADHelper service. I searched in registry and deletet
(almost;-) everything which contained MSSQL. That works (at least at my
PC). Maybe it'll work at yours too.
ukasz
|||Okay...Finally, I got it to reinstall after many tries. Thank you all for
your helps. First, MDAC was messed up. It was sqlsrv32.dll. Because I
upgraded my initial MSDE installed to SP3a, that DLL file got upgraded. I
replaced that DLL file from a good known XP machine. Then, re-registered all
MDAC using MDAC Repair Util. That didn't work. Later, I found out that there
were three DLLs missing from the System32 folder: sqlsrv32.rll, SQLWID.DLL &
SQLWOA.DLL. I copied them from a known good XP machine. Reinstalled MDAC 2.8
completely. After that, it installed just fine...Thank you.
"Andrea Montanari" wrote:

> hi
> KC wrote:
> sometimes this is due to MDAC mess, so you have to fix it...
> you can try reinstalling the used MDAC stack and, in case of WinXP sp2, fix
> it as described in http://www.macropool.com/en/download/mdac_xp_sp2.html
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
>