As i try to install MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine), i get this error message :
"A strong SA password is required for security reasons.
Please use SAPWD switch to suply the same. Setup will now exit"
How do i solve this?

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:22:52 +0100, João Portela
<joao.portela@netvisao.pt> wrote:
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>As i try to install MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine), i get this error message :
>"A strong SA password is required for security reasons.
>Please use SAPWD switch to suply the same. Setup will now exit"
>How do i solve this?[/color]

I've done quite a bit of research on your issue and can find no ASP
solution for it. Perhaps the fact that it doesn't involve ASP is a
factor in my lack of success. You could test that by posting in an
appropriate group, say microsft.public.sqlserver.msde.

Jeff

I'm having the exact same problem. If you find a solution can you share your
information with me?

"João Portela" wrote:
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> As i try to install MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine), i get this error message :
> "A strong SA password is required for security reasons.
> Please use SAPWD switch to suply the same. Setup will now exit"
> How do i solve this?[/color]

I am having the same problem. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322336 may
help some people resolve the problem, but I don't even have sa account or sql
installed on my system. osql -U sa brings up a not recognized
internal/external command

"Jeremy" wrote:
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> I'm having the exact same problem. If you find a solution can you share your
> information with me?
>
> "João Portela" wrote:
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> > As i try to install MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine), i get this error message :
> > "A strong SA password is required for security reasons.
> > Please use SAPWD switch to suply the same. Setup will now exit"
> > How do i solve this?[/color][/color]

This is an MSDE issue. Don't you think you'd have more luck asking about it
in a newsgroup devoted to that topic? Such as
microsoft.public.sqlserver.msde. Or microsoft.public.sqlserver.setup. Or
microsoft.public.sqlserver.security


Bob Barrows


Brent wrote:[color=blue]
> I am having the same problem.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322336 may
> help some people resolve the problem, but I don't even have sa
> account or sql
> installed on my system. osql -U sa brings up a not recognized
> internal/external command
>
> "Jeremy" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I'm having the exact same problem. If you find a solution can you
>> share your
>> information with me?
>>
>> "João Portela" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> As i try to install MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine), i
>>> get this error message : "A strong SA password is required for
>>> security reasons.
>>> Please use SAPWD switch to suply the same. Setup will now exit"
>>> How do i solve this?[/color][/color][/color]

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I found this on another forum:

Quote:

Does it ask you for an SA password? Are you supplying one? If so, try
and use at least one upper case letter, one number and a special
character. That should get past strength checks.

trying doing setup.exe sapwd="MyREallyStrongPassword!" or similar.

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Moo. :)

Unquote

It worked for me :-)


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