RE: SP3a not installing

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

From: Rand Boyd [MSFT] (rboyd_at_onlinemicrosoft.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 21:24:23 GMT

Check out this article and see if it helps resolve the problem:

HOWTO: Upgrade an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine to
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];815013

Rand
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: How to Install Tools on Other Nodes in a Cluster
    ... Microsoft SQL Server MVP ... When it was originally set up, the tools were only installed on the active node, which I understand is the normal way the installation works. ... For more information about upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades" and "Hardware and Software Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online. ...
    (microsoft.public.sqlserver.server)
  • Re: How to Install Tools on Other Nodes in a Cluster
    ... Microsoft SQL Server MVP ... When it was originally set up, the tools were only installed on the active node, which I understand is the normal way the installation works. ... For more information about upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades" and "Hardware and Software Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online. ...
    (microsoft.public.sqlserver.server)
  • Re: Connecting remotely through VPN
    ... Reason: Your upgrade is blocked. ... Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books ... information about edition upgrades, see the Version and Edition Upgrades ... I think that your SQL Browser Service did not work well. ...
    (microsoft.public.sqlserver.connect)
  • Re: How to Install Tools on Other Nodes in a Cluster
    ... Microsoft SQL Server MVP ... When it was originally set up, the tools were only installed on the active node, which I understand is the normal way the installation works. ... For more information about upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades" and "Hardware and Software Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online. ...
    (microsoft.public.sqlserver.server)
  • Re: SQL 2005 wont upgrade using R2 discs
    ... But when I try and upgrade the default instance I still get this error: ... Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools ... I uninstalled the SQL 2000 version and it let me install ... information about edition upgrades, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)