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> Anyone can help?
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> I installed MSDE in WIN98 and then upgrade to WINXP home, after that, MSDE

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> John
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>Not to be rude, but your first mistake was attempting to=20
upgrade Win9x to
>XP.
>MSDE installed under Win9x is a completely different=20
animal than an
>installation on the NT style operating systems. With=20
Win9x there are no
>service applications so MSDE runs as a standard=20
application when the system
>starts up. When you upgrade your OS to XP there is no=20
magical conversion of
>the MSDE installation to it running as a service. Your=20
best bet is to backup
>your databases and then manually uninstall MSDE.=20
Microsoft has an article on
>how to do this at:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-
us;290991
>After uninstalling MSDE re-install it and restore your=20
databases.
>
>Jim
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>> Anyone can help?
>>
>> I installed MSDE in WIN98 and then upgrade to WINXP=20
home, after that, MSDE
>failure and i can't reinstall MSDE again, already call=20
microsoft support and
>try something but no help at all.
>>
>> John
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