sql server msde: hi,
[quoted text, click to view]

try fixing (or reinstalling) your MDAC stack...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/default.aspx
--
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://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

Hi there, This is the new installation of MSDE2000 Release A locally on the
Windows XP SP1 professional (Laptop). Never got it through the installation.
I have checked all the conditions in the Readme file, and they were met.
This is the log file:

2005-10-27 12:01:17.09 server Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760
(Intel X86)
Dec 17 2002 14:22:05
Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation
Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 1)

2005-10-27 12:01:17.09 server Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft
Corporation.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.09 server All rights reserved.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.09 server Server Process ID is 2412.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.09 server Logging SQL Server messages in file
'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG'.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.10 server SQL Server is starting at priority class
'normal'(1 CPU detected).
2005-10-27 12:01:17.12 server SQL Server configured for thread mode
processing.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.12 server Using dynamic lock allocation. [500] Lock
Blocks, [1000] Lock Owner Blocks.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.12 spid3 Warning ******************
2005-10-27 12:01:17.12 spid3 SQL Server started in single user mode.
Updates allowed to system catalogs.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.13 spid3 Starting up database 'master'.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.35 server Using 'SSNETLIB.DLL' version '8.0.766'.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.35 spid5 Starting up database 'model'.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.37 server SQL server listening on 162.130.191.154:
1433.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.37 server SQL server listening on 127.0.0.1: 1433.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.37 spid3 Server name is 'HDQRKPC404445'.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.37 spid3 Skipping startup of clean database id 5
2005-10-27 12:01:17.37 spid3 Skipping startup of clean database id 6
2005-10-27 12:01:17.37 spid3 Starting up database 'msdb'.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.40 server SQL server listening on TCP, Shared Memory,
Named Pipes.
2005-10-27 12:01:17.40 server SQL Server is ready for client connections
2005-10-27 12:01:17.50 spid5 Clearing tempdb database.
2005-10-27 12:01:18.12 spid5 Starting up database 'tempdb'.
2005-10-27 12:01:18.24 spid3 Recovery complete.
2005-10-27 12:01:18.24 spid3 SQL global counter collection task is
created.
2005-10-27 12:01:18.30 spid3 Warning: override, autoexec procedures
skipped.
2005-10-27 12:01:27.40 spid3 SQL Server is terminating due to 'stop'
request from Service Control Manager.


This is the cnfgsvr.out:


Starting Service ...

SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

-m -Q -T4022 -T3659

Connecting to Server ...

driver={sql server};server=HDQRKPC404445;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default
driver specified

driver={sql server};server=HDQRKPC404445;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default
driver specified

driver={sql server};server=HDQRKPC404445;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default
driver specified

SQL Server configuration failed.

_____________

Please advice. Thanks