Error installing MSDE

[João Portela]

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?

[Jeff Cochran]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:22:52 +0100, João Portela
<jo**********@netvisao.pt> wrote:

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?

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

[Jeremy]

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

"João Portela" wrote:

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?

[Brent]

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:

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

"João Portela" wrote:

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?

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

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:

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:

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

"João Portela" wrote:

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?

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[IamI IamI]

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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Unquote

It worked for me :-)
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