MSDE install problems

hi ppl,
I get the following an error prompt/box pops up during
installation saying :
"Service 'MSSQLSERVER' (MSSQLSERVER) Could not be installed. Verify
that you have sufficient priviledge to install system services"
-cancel- -retry- -ignore- buttons, this has now happened 4 times
consistently.

Retry does not work, cancelling and ignore end the installation but theC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\... and subdir as well as
registry entries are created.

After this any re-install cancels (disappears) unless i manually
remove C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ dirs and registry
entries. IF i do this then and try installing again then i get
"Service 'MSSQLSERVER' (MSSQLSERVER) Could not be installed. ..."
error again.

the parameters im using are:
BLANKSAPWD=1, REINSTALL=All , REINSTALLMODE=omus, disablerollback=1.
and switches:
/L*v MSDE_log.txt

i have attached log file.
Please help a stoopid newbie :(Please ignore this previous message, I seemed to have bypassed this old error, this old error only appeared when I don't specify an instance name.

When i do now specify one, then I get this error:

Starting custom action InstallPerfMon
Registering performance counters from sqlctr.ini
PerfmonLoad routine returned error code 267
Action ended 0:18:23: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.

I tried numerous things but the only stuff that works is when I make a C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Binn directory and copy sqlctr.ini and sqlctr.h into it (which i poached from an install that didnt rollback).

But this results in the following error:

Starting custom action InstallSQLAgentSecurity
LoadLibrary failed for C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Mssql\BinnMSSQL$DONALD007\Binn\SEMNT.DLL. GetLastError() returned: 126
Action ended 0:05:57: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.

Does anyone know how to solve this?
btw here are parameters

REINSTALL=All
REINSTALLMODE=omus
COLLATION=Latin1_General_CI_AS
TARGETDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Mssql\Binn
DATADIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Mssql\Data
SAPWD=1111
INSTANCENAME=Donald007

This is a clean install of msde using sql service pack 3 on win xp pro.

I have attached a copy of my log file that is generated when this "LoadLibrary failed.." error occurs.

I also noticed that in the services i can still see a SQLSERVERAGENT even though this service is not started and the file it refers to has been deleted.

Originally posted by deekay2003
hi ppl,
I get the following an error prompt/box pops up during
installation saying :
"Service 'MSSQLSERVER' (MSSQLSERVER) Could not be installed. Verify
that you have sufficient priviledge to install system services"
-cancel- -retry- -ignore- buttons, this has now happened 4 times
consistently.

Retry does not work, cancelling and ignore end the installation but theC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\... and subdir as well as
registry entries are created.

After this any re-install cancels (disappears) unless i manually
remove C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ dirs and registry
entries. IF i do this then and try installing again then i get
"Service 'MSSQLSERVER' (MSSQLSERVER) Could not be installed. ..."
error again.

the parameters im using are:
BLANKSAPWD=1, REINSTALL=All , REINSTALLMODE=omus, disablerollback=1.
and switches:
/L*v MSDE_log.txt

i have attached log file.
Please help a stoopid newbie :(