MSDE sp3a & XP-sp2

My clients are reporting they cannot connect to the msde database using my
application - generic failed to connect message.
My software application installs the MSDE. Their computer is a brand new
machine with XP-sp2 installed. The sp2 is not an upgrade. We have only
seen this phenomena with a machine where we cannot uninstall sp2. On
machines we can, our application can connect. On most (to all) machines
where we install xp-sp2 ourselves there is no problem.
Any ideas?
Check wheter the firewall of the XPs opened up the port to connect to the
msde, if not open up.
For a fast try deactivate the firewallfor checking, if its working open up
dedicated ports.
HTH, Jens Smeyer
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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> My clients are reporting they cannot connect to the msde database using my
> application - generic failed to connect message.
> My software application installs the MSDE. Their computer is a brand new
> machine with XP-sp2 installed. The sp2 is not an upgrade. We have only
> seen this phenomena with a machine where we cannot uninstall sp2. On
> machines we can, our application can connect. On most (to all) machines
> where we install xp-sp2 ourselves there is no problem.
> Any ideas?
>
|||Did all that.
What could be different about a machine pre-loaded with xp-sp2?
"Jens Smeyer" <Jens@.Remove_this_For_Contacting.sqlserver2005.de> wrote in
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> Check wheter the firewall of the XPs opened up the port to connect to the
> msde, if not open up.
> For a fast try deactivate the firewallfor checking, if its working open up
> dedicated ports.
>
> HTH, Jens Smeyer
> --
> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
> --
>
> "Robert A. DiFrancesco" <bob.difrancesco@.comcash.com> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:u6h0w7TQFHA.3596@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>

MSDE sp3a & XP-sp2

My clients are reporting they cannot connect to the msde database using my
application - generic failed to connect message.
My software application installs the MSDE. Their computer is a brand new
machine with XP-sp2 installed. The sp2 is not an upgrade. We have only
seen this phenomena with a machine where we cannot uninstall sp2. On
machines we can, our application can connect. On most (to all) machines
where we install xp-sp2 ourselves there is no problem.
Any ideas?Check wheter the firewall of the XPs opened up the port to connect to the
msde, if not open up.
For a fast try deactivate the firewallfor checking, if its working open up
dedicated ports.
HTH, Jens Smeyer
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--
"Robert A. DiFrancesco" <bob.difrancesco@.comcash.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:u6h0w7TQFHA.3596@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> My clients are reporting they cannot connect to the msde database using my
> application - generic failed to connect message.
> My software application installs the MSDE. Their computer is a brand new
> machine with XP-sp2 installed. The sp2 is not an upgrade. We have only
> seen this phenomena with a machine where we cannot uninstall sp2. On
> machines we can, our application can connect. On most (to all) machines
> where we install xp-sp2 ourselves there is no problem.
> Any ideas?
>|||Did all that.
What could be different about a machine pre-loaded with xp-sp2'
"Jens Smeyer" <Jens@.Remove_this_For_Contacting.sqlserver2005.de> wrote in
message news:%23Pbrs%23TQFHA.1172@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Check wheter the firewall of the XPs opened up the port to connect to the
> msde, if not open up.
> For a fast try deactivate the firewallfor checking, if its working open up
> dedicated ports.
>
> HTH, Jens Smeyer
> --
> http://www.sqlserver2005.de
> --
>
> "Robert A. DiFrancesco" <bob.difrancesco@.comcash.com> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:u6h0w7TQFHA.3596@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>

MSDE fooprint

I want to use msde as an embedded database with my
application dev on VB.net. It is a small application who
demo version i want to post on net.
What is minimum footprint of msde i can use? Or what are
the options to reduce the footprint of msde? Also mention
how different options affect its size.
Thanks
Dheeraj
hi,
"Dheeraj" <mail4dk@.yahoo.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> I want to use msde as an embedded database with my
> application dev on VB.net. It is a small application who
> demo version i want to post on net.
> What is minimum footprint of msde i can use? Or what are
> the options to reduce the footprint of msde? Also mention
> how different options affect its size.
> Thanks
> Dheeraj
the minimum download package is
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en ,
MSDE Release A, 43317 KB, and there's no way to make it thinner
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.9.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.55.1
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||I think you can make it thinner, although I have never actually tried. The
package contains 16 different versions of certain files (for each different
instance), and I am quite sure you can do without 15 of them.
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
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> hi,
> "Dheeraj" <mail4dk@.yahoo.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:02ec01c4e435$6f620170$a501280a@.phx.gbl
> the minimum download package is
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en ,
> MSDE Release A, 43317 KB, and there's no way to make it thinner
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.9.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.55.1
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>