> Pete Berry <PeteBerry@Caltech.edu> wrote in news:MPG.20c7589ec3d20d29989681
> @msnews.microsoft.com:
>
> > OK folks -- I give up. I have a default instance installed under XP and
> > it is working just fine. I try to upgrade it to SP4 and consistently
> > get a message that says the product is not installed.
> >
> > The syntax I am using is as follows:
> >
> > c:\downloads\microsoft\msde\setup.exe /upgradesp sqlrun /L*v
> > c:\MSDELog.log (entered on one line)
> >
> > I have tried both with and without the additional parameter
> > DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0
> >
> > Also -- no log file gets created
> >
> > What am I missing?
>
> You might check that your download is the MSDE version of SP4 i.e.
> SQL2000.MSDE-KB884525-SP4-x86.EXE
>
> You might also run the following
>
> SELECT ServerProperty('InstanceName') AS InstanceName,
> ServerProperty('ProductVersion') AS ProductVersion,
> ServerProperty('ProductLevel') AS ProductLevel,
> ServerProperty('Edition') AS Edition,
> ServerProperty('Engine Edition') AS EngineEdition
>
> and check that it says what you expect.
>

> OK folks -- I give up. I have a default instance installed under XP and
> it is working just fine. I try to upgrade it to SP4 and consistently
> get a message that says the product is not installed.
>
> The syntax I am using is as follows:
>
> c:\downloads\microsoft\msde\setup.exe /upgradesp sqlrun /L*v
> c:\MSDELog.log (entered on one line)
>
> I have tried both with and without the additional parameter
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0
>
> Also -- no log file gets created
>
> What am I missing?

>>
> Correct version, and serverproperty values are all as expected. Other
> ideas?
>

> Pete Berry <PeteBerry@Caltech.edu> wrote in
> news:MPG.20c763652566b767989682@msnews.microsoft.com:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>
> > Correct version, and serverproperty values are all as expected. Other
> > ideas?
> >
>
> Check you have a reasonable amount of disk space free. That it didn't
> create the log file is suspicious.
>
> FWIW, the readme instructs you to
>
> "From the command prompt, use the cd command to navigate to the folder that
> contains the MSDE 2000 SP4 setup utility"
>
> Since you specified the full path for the exe, I guess that you didn't do
> this. I doubt that it will make a difference, though. Good luck.
>