MSDE rel A installation error

I got an error "Setup failed to configure the server". I
have tried to delete the directory "C:\program
files\microsoft sql sever before installation. But I still
get this error. What should i do?
Thank you very much. I spent a week to install this MSDE
but still failed. I am very desperate...
San
hi San,
"San" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> I got an error "Setup failed to configure the server". I
> have tried to delete the directory "C:\program
> files\microsoft sql sever before installation. But I still
> get this error. What should i do?
> Thank you very much. I spent a week to install this MSDE
> but still failed. I am very desperate...
in addition to folder delete, try cealning the Windows Registry too, as
reported in
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q290991
"Remove a Specific Instance of SQL Server" section...
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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|||Thank you. However, I am confused. It is because that KB
is for those who have sql sever installed before. My
computer did not contains any sql sever before (I think).
Could you give me more hints on what I should delete?
Furthermore, I found a strange registry. It
is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microso ft SQL
Server Setup.{5B5BFFF9-9D55-45AF-9390-AA4DC1C4EEFE}".
Should I delete this?
Thank you for your help.
San

>--Original Message--
>hi San,
>"San" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto
nel messaggio[vbcol=seagreen]
>news:1e5f701c4554e$a0454200$a501280a@.phx.gbl...
still
>in addition to folder delete, try cealning the Windows
Registry too, as
>reported in
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;Q290991
>"Remove a Specific Instance of SQL Server" section...
>--
>Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
>http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm
http://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 San,
"San" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:1e59401c45553$1386bba0$a101280a@.phx.gbl...
> Thank you. However, I am confused. It is because that KB
> is for those who have sql sever installed before. My
> computer did not contains any sql sever before (I think).
> Could you give me more hints on what I should delete?
> Furthermore, I found a strange registry. It
> is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microso ft SQL
> Server Setup.{5B5BFFF9-9D55-45AF-9390-AA4DC1C4EEFE}".
> Should I delete this?
personally I always and only cleared the registry keys reported in the KB
article... as you already read, this does not clear the Windows Installer
registry entries, but I was quiet happy with this method when a MSDE
instance I installed refused to uninstall... I still have this entry in the
Add/Remove programs applet, but I'll remove it ...perhaps =;-D
the hive you notice shoul'd only point to a Temp folder used by the setup
process...
you wrote[vbcol=seagreen]
uncomplete installations can make the system dirty, so you are supposed to
clear it before re-proceeding with new installs...
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
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