MSDE Install For 98/SE/ME

I understand for Win 2k and XP installs that a simple re-boot after MSDE
installation will start the MSDE service, but for 98/SE/ME, what is
required?
Does the user have to go to Start Menu and start the service? I do not want
to
complicate the installation routine by having to determine the OS and then
adding an automatic launch if user is on 98 for example. I just want to
know
what to tell the user to do in order to start MSDE.
Paul
P.S. My Setup.bat file is:
setup.exe /settings setup.ini /L*V "c:\EquLog.txt"
and my setup.ini file is:
[Options]
INSTANCENAME=COMPNAME01
SECURITYMODE=SQL
SAPWD="MYPASSWORD"
DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0
This method is working fine on XP boxes.
hi Paul,
"Paul McTeigue" <paul_mcteigue@.msn.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> I understand for Win 2k and XP installs that a simple re-boot after MSDE
> installation will start the MSDE service, but for 98/SE/ME, what is
> required?
> Does the user have to go to Start Menu and start the service? I do not
want
> to
> complicate the installation routine by having to determine the OS and then
> adding an automatic launch if user is on 98 for example. I just want to
> know
> what to tell the user to do in order to start MSDE.
Win9x platforms do not support Windows NT service control APIs so SQL
Server/MSDE can not be run as service.. it is run as a standard application
instead, so there's no way to "start the relative services at boostratp"...
you can however select, on Service Manager, to "Auto Start" at startup, to
start automatically whenever the computer boots, which will actually put an
entry in the "automatic execution" folder.
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.8.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.54.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||So - after installation on 98/SE/ME - there will be a Start Menu entry
titled "Service Manager"
whereby if you click it you will have the option of auto-starting ?
I am just looking for a clear user instruction for people installing on
those platforms.
Thanks,
Paul
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
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> hi Paul,
> "Paul McTeigue" <paul_mcteigue@.msn.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:eWQpb54bEHA.904@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> want
then
> Win9x platforms do not support Windows NT service control APIs so SQL
> Server/MSDE can not be run as service.. it is run as a standard
application
> instead, so there's no way to "start the relative services at
boostratp"...
> you can however select, on Service Manager, to "Auto Start" at startup, to
> start automatically whenever the computer boots, which will actually put
an
> entry in the "automatic execution" folder.
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.8.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.54.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||hi Paul,
"Paul McTeigue" <paul_mcteigue@.msn.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:Or$M3dCcEHA.2468@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> So - after installation on 98/SE/ME - there will be a Start Menu entry
> titled "Service Manager"
> whereby if you click it you will have the option of auto-starting ?
yes, but only for the MSDE instance, not for the SQL Server Agent :-(

> I am just looking for a clear user instruction for people installing on
> those platforms.
"... please check the 'Autostart' option ..." =;-D
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.8.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.54.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply