MSDE installation rolls back automatically

When i try to install MSDE 1.0 .. it runs the install .. and thenautomatically uninstalls again...

I turned on the Verbose logging.. and found out the InstallSQLAgentSecurity is failing...

How can I get past this error? and what is causing it to fail? I am running the install as a local administrator on windows 2003.

ThanksAny help would be appreciated..|||There should be some other messages in the MSI log. Also, is there anything in the Windows event logs?

Don|||the event log only says that MSDE failed to install... the SQLSERVER Security agent is the first error in the log .... I will check the log again.. and post all the errors that find in it.. i can also post the file online.. if it will help...|||I can't say for sure that it'll help, but it might provide some clues.

Don

MSDE Installation

How do I set the SQLServerAgent service on automatically when I run the
installation? By default, the MSSQLServer service is set as automatic, but
the SQLServerAgent is Manual
hi Roy,
"Roy" <Roy@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> How do I set the SQLServerAgent service on automatically when I run the
> installation? By default, the MSSQLServer service is set as automatic, but
> the SQLServerAgent is Manual
actually there's no way to set this at install time
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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