weegie wrote:
> I have had a similar problem for days now and have been unable to
> resolve the issue despite reading a myriad knowledge base articles and
> forum posts.
>
> The steps I have taken are:
> - Ensured there are no previous instances
> - Enabled File and Print sharing
> - Made sure the server service is running
> - Disabled firewall and virus scanning
> - Uninstalled XP SP2
> - Updated MDAC to 2.8
>
> When I look in the installation log, at the return value 3 section is
> "Starting custom action ConfigServer
> Executing "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe -V 1 -M 1 -U sa -I "INSTANCENAME" -Q
> "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS""
> Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs
> and setup error logs for more information.
> Action ended 17:14:36: InstallFinalize. Return value 3."
>
> When I look in the the server install log, at the bottom is
> "Warning: override, autoexec procedures skipped.
> SQL Server is terminating due to 'stop' request from Service Control
> Manager."
>
> Could it have anything to do with having visual studio .NET installed
> ?

"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@virgilio.it> wrote in message news:<3b22riF6hjtmkU1@individual.net>...
> hi,
> weegie wrote:
> > I have had a similar problem for days now and have been unable to
> > resolve the issue despite reading a myriad knowledge base articles and
> > forum posts.
> >
> > The steps I have taken are:
> > - Ensured there are no previous instances
> > - Enabled File and Print sharing
> > - Made sure the server service is running
> > - Disabled firewall and virus scanning
> > - Uninstalled XP SP2
> > - Updated MDAC to 2.8
> >
> > When I look in the installation log, at the return value 3 section is
> > "Starting custom action ConfigServer
> > Executing "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> > Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe -V 1 -M 1 -U sa -I "INSTANCENAME" -Q
> > "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS""
> > Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs
> > and setup error logs for more information.
> > Action ended 17:14:36: InstallFinalize. Return value 3."
> >
> > When I look in the the server install log, at the bottom is
> > "Warning: override, autoexec procedures skipped.
> > SQL Server is terminating due to 'stop' request from Service Control
> > Manager."
> >
> > Could it have anything to do with having visual studio .NET installed
> > ?
>
> I'd check and eventually clean both file system and registry entries, if
> any, using the hints provided by
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q290991 .. this will
> not clear MSDE Windows Installer related registry entries (I still have 1
> ghost MSDE instance in the Add/Remove apps window that will be cleared
> sometime at next OS reinstall :D) as you need MSIZap.exe, part of Platform
> SDK as reported in
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320873