n00b Help Setting up MSDE SQL Server

[newgenre]

running the setup it wants to provide "the SAPWD" switch. I assume it wants
me to run from command prompt. Does it mean "C:\setup.exe -SAPWD"? That
doesn't work.

Jim

[Ken Schaefer]

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810826

Cheers
Ken

"newgenre" <ne******@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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: running the setup it wants to provide "the SAPWD" switch. I assume it
wants
: me to run from command prompt. Does it mean "C:\setup.exe -SAPWD"? That
: doesn't work.
:
: Jim
:
:

Setup.exe /qb+ INSTANCENAME=VSDOTNET DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1 SAPWD

=STRONGPASSWORD

This does not work in Windows 2003 and will give you an error so you need to
go open up Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\sql2ksp3 (or wherever you
chose to unzip it to) and navigate to \MSDE and open up the setup.ini file
with notepad or your favorite text editor.

Add the line

SAPWD=STRONGPASSWORD right underneath [Options]

Save this and then double click the Setup.exe program and the installation
process should go through.



"newgenre" <ne******@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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running the setup it wants to provide "the SAPWD" switch. I assume it
wants
me to run from command prompt. Does it mean "C:\setup.exe -SAPWD"? That
doesn't work.

Jim

[rbradley]

Just installed Sql2KDesktopSP3 and it did not require enclosing quotes for the password or the hyphen you have. This worked for me ...

..\setup.exe SAPWD=myPassword
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[evansarli1]

Try:

setup.exe SAPWD=password

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