sql server msde: Hi!

We're having troubles on a Windows 2003 Server. MSDE 1.0 does not
install (even though we already have this setup at other customers).

So I downloaded MSDE 2000. Unfortunately, somebody else just executed the
installation procedure without setup-parameters. I wanted to have an empty
password (I know, I know. But it is a closed system) and I need SQL
security mode and network protocols.

Thus I uninstalled MSDE 2000 again and launched setup.exe this way:

setup DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 SECURITYMODE=SQL BLANKSAPWD=1

The installation went fine and I did *no* receive the error about the
trusted connections. However, I received "Authentication for user sa
failed" when simply doing this

osql -Usa -P -dmaster

Any clues?

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:31:15 +0200, Stefan M. Huber <looseleaf@gmx.net>
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The only thing that I can tell you is that the MSDE instance accepts the
administrator password as sa password...So the problem is solved but not
the circumstances that produced this setup.