Re: SQL Desktop Engine Hangs - I am goin crazy

It seems like I have run across this problem in the past. There are a couple of things you might try... To enable windows asking for your password at logon do the following (on windows XP): Click start, then run. In the run box type "Control userpasswords2" (without the quotes). This will bring up a hidden control panel app. In the dialog that displays, click on the "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer" This will solve your logon issue.

Second, I have seen the MSDE installs crap out because there are the remnants of the mssqlserver service in the Service Control Manager. If the service is marked for deletion, it won't be able to reinstall the service--- thus stopping right around 6 seconds or so. It is at the 6 second point that it starts the server and runs some configuration SQL scripts.

And what you can do depends a lot upon how the third party app is calling the MSDE install. If you are not calling the installer directly yourself, you will not be able to create the log file.

If you have access to the .msi file, you can use the commands that the previous poster gave you. You can also download msizap which is part of the windows installer SDK. Msizap will remove all traces of an MSI install and let you start with a clean slate (you still need to remove the c:\program files\microsoft sql server directory). But if the third party app is installing MSDE on it's own it kind of limits what you can do.

Good Luck!

Raffi Bearmant wrote:
Dear Freinds,
I purchased a piece of software yesterday for over 600 dollars. That Application depends on installing SQL Server Desktop Engine. It goes to "6 seconds left" and then just hangs. I tried a hundred times - same results.
After some 5 hours of research i did find that if you have rapid user switiching this will happen. So I went to CP and changed that. Didn't help...
Now what's strange is, that even though I chose to log on with a password and not automatic log on, it's still not asking me for a password at log on (however if I change a user it does).
So one or the other - if this really *is* the problem how can we get windows (XP PRO SP2) to ask for a logon password, or is there a way to get the installation done without fixing this.

I was at the office last night till 4:30 am till my wife called and asked "where the hell are you???"
Please help a desperate soul....
TIA
Raffi B.


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