MSDE Installation fails

When trying to install MSDE2000 in an XP Home edition machine the
installation fails (progress bar almost gets at the end but it then rolls
back) with no message.
There is should be a log file but I do not know how to get. Also where can I
find descriptions of the error messages?
In a previous message a similar problem was solved by installing File and
Print sharing. Unfortunately I do not know what this means.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Yannis
hi Yannis,
"Yannis Makarounis" <Yannis.Makarounis@.ace-hellas.gr> ha scritto nel
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> When trying to install MSDE2000 in an XP Home edition machine the
> installation fails (progress bar almost gets at the end but it then
> rolls back) with no message.
> There is should be a log file but I do not know how to get. Also
> where can I find descriptions of the error messages?
> In a previous message a similar problem was solved by installing File
> and Print sharing. Unfortunately I do not know what this means.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks
> Yannis
open the control panel applet -> services... check the "Server" service is
running... this service allows file and pront sharing activities...
if not present, select your network connection properties... File and
Printer sharing for Microsoft network must be installed if not present..
when running the MSDE setup.exe, please add the
/L*v "c:\MsdeLog.txt"
parameter, in order to log the installation process to file, about 2mb, you
can later inspect for troubleshooting, looking for
RETURN VALUE 3
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Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
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(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
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