MSDE installs almost 90% and then uninstalls itself

Hello,
I am having a problem with installing MSDE on one of the Win2K client
machines. The MSDE setup runs to about 90% installation (progress bar shows
at least) and then seems like focus goes away from the setup progress bar and
then progress bar shows uninstalling (it does not say its uninstalling but
the progress bar starts going left instead of going right) and then setup
exits without any prompt.
For the records we are using MSDE released on August 5, 2000.
I can not ask much questions and will have a one time shot more to resolve
this issue on Thursday. Any help will be apreciated.
Regards,
Anis
hi Anis,
"Anis Siddiqy" <Anis Siddiqy@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel
messaggio news:343A7271-8F3E-4A0C-8948-6540FD8F89BF@.microsoft.com
> Hello,
> I am having a problem with installing MSDE on one of the Win2K client
> machines. The MSDE setup runs to about 90% installation (progress bar
> shows at least) and then seems like focus goes away from the setup
> progress bar and then progress bar shows uninstalling (it does not
> say its uninstalling but the progress bar starts going left instead
> of going right) and then setup exits without any prompt.
> For the records we are using MSDE released on August 5, 2000.
> I can not ask much questions and will have a one time shot more to
> resolve this issue on Thursday. Any help will be apreciated.
> Regards,
> Anis
please add the
/L*v "c:\MsdeLog.txt"
command line parameter to your setup.exe call
this will enable verbose logging of the installation process (about 2mb)
where you can search for
RETURN VALUE 3
entries that define error conditions... about 10/15 lines after or before
that entries some (sometime a little cryptic) explanation of the problem is
provided..
anyway, before doing, please verify that File and Printer Sharing is set and
that the Server service is running
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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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
messaggio news:e%23gecCVoEHA.800@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
> 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
entries
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

MSDE install problem

I am trying to install on a fresh copy of XP Home SP1. When I type the cmd line command to start the installation, the progress bar moves to almost completion and then it rolls back to the left and dies. What's going on here??

Help!!

Thanks
Mike Kiewiczhard to say. does it leave behind an install.log? what about the system's event viewer? anything in there?|||I am having the same behavior.

Event viewer has 5 entries

1. Warning
No object list was found in the installation file. Adding an object list to the installation file will improve performance of the system when measuring performance counters.

2. Error
The performance counter name string value in the registry is incorrectly formatted. The last valid index value is DWORD 0 in the Record Data.

3. Error
The performance counter name string value in the registry is incorrectly formatted. The last valid index value is DWORD 0 in the Record Data.

4. Error
Installing the performance counter strings for MSSQL$BOBBY1 failed. The Error code is DWORD 0 of the Record Data.

5. Information
Product: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine -- Installation operation failed.|||I had this same problem. You have to have File and Print Sharing installed and running on the machine.

Kory|||File and print services are installed, however I can not view the properties