msde installation pro

pls help!!!
I've tried to insatll the msde fr the webmatrix program,and have followed the instructions as said in the website.I aslo get all the screen shots showed on the site,but after 2,3 seconds there is a pop up error message saying,"The instance name specified is invalid".
this is a software that I got through the book Sams teach yorself asp.net in 24hours(the accopmpaning cd has the webmatrix msde n some other software),they have said if we have questions about installing to ask this website.
Need advice as soon as possible!!
shelomi-colombo,sri lanaka.

Try these links and download the MSDE or the full version Evaluation edition. Hope this helps.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=413744D1-A0BC-479F-BAFA-E4B278EB9147&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/trial/default.mspx

|||Hi Shelomi,
Please ask your cousin in Toronto for more help
Agent742

MSDE fail after upgrade from WIN98 to WINXP HOME

Anyone can help?
I installed MSDE in WIN98 and then upgrade to WINXP home, after that, MSDE failure and i can't reinstall MSDE again, already call microsoft support and try something but no help at all.
John
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Not to be rude, but your first mistake was attempting to upgrade Win9x to
XP.
MSDE installed under Win9x is a completely different animal than an
installation on the NT style operating systems. With Win9x there are no
service applications so MSDE runs as a standard application when the system
starts up. When you upgrade your OS to XP there is no magical conversion of
the MSDE installation to it running as a service. Your best bet is to backup
your databases and then manually uninstall MSDE. Microsoft has an article on
how to do this at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290991
After uninstalling MSDE re-install it and restore your databases.
Jim
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> Anyone can help?
> I installed MSDE in WIN98 and then upgrade to WINXP home, after that, MSDE
failure and i can't reinstall MSDE again, already call microsoft support and
try something but no help at all.
> John
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|||Hi Jim,
Thanks for your advice, i will try it !!
John

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