Thanks for responding to my queries, greatly appreciated. However, I
reinstalling SQL Server 2000. I have sorta given up on this problem,
but tried again on another machine and it worked fine. So again I don't
know what was wrong with the settings in the first PC. No resolution =(
Immy wrote:
> Hi Alvin,
>
> It sounds to me that you may have a problem with your MDAC installation
> which is causing SQLserver not to boot correctly.
> I would suggest you try to either reinstall the current version of MDAC on
> you server or install the latest version.
>
> You can obtain a utility from MS (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301202/)
> to determine your current MDAC version.
>
> Then try to perform the installation again.
> Not sure of previous suggestions, so apologise if I'm susggesting something
> you may have already tried?
>
> Regards
> Immy
>
>
> "alvinyyt" <alvinyyt@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154481632.633873.163050@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I realised that there are many postings regarding this error, however,
> > I have tried all possible proposed solutions based on the replies for
> > the past 24 hours trying to solve this problem, but failed. Frustrating
> > it is, but I hope you guys can help me with this.
> >
> > Problem arises when I tried to install SQL Server 2k Developer's
> > Edition on a Windows XP Professional. I managed to get it installed
> > until towards the end when it tried to configure the server, it failed
> > miserably, with a message:
> >
> > "Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs
> > and sqlstp.log for more information."
> >
> > Here is the snippet of the error log file (sqlstp.log)
> >
> > 10:32:59 C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> > Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe -F "C:\WINDOWS\sqlstp.log" -I
> > MSSQLSERVER -V 1 -M 0 -Q "Latin1_General_CI_AS" -H 2360174 -U sa -P
> > ###############################################################################
> >
> > Starting Service ...
> > Latin1_General_CI_AS
> > -m -Q -T4022 -T3659
> > Connecting to Server ...
> > driver={sql server};server=AU-D01095;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master
> > [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no
> > default driver specified
> > driver={sql server};server=AU-D01095;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master
> > [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no
> > default driver specified
> > driver={sql server};server=AU-D01095;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master
> > [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no
> > default driver specified
> > SQL Server configuration failed.
> >
> > ###############################################################################
> >
> > Please Help. Thanks.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Alvin
> >
