Re: Problem with MSDE installing.

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The default install should not ask you to specify the database because the
installation of WMSDE is part of the default install so it knows where it
is. The webfarm install would on the other hand need to ask where the
database is because it does not install a database system

There is no other way to get WMSDE that I know of except as part of WSS.

Sorry to be of no more help.

One possible attempt would be start from an empty machine again and do as
you did with one exception.

Install Standard Win 2003 Server *without* SP1
Then IIS with asp.net no fpse
Then WSS with SP1 - default install.

This should work.

Then upgrade the Win 2003 Server to SP1.

The reason why this might be better is that WSS SP1 came out before Win 2003
Server SP1.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland

"enhung" <enhung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CA9175AE-C38F-44C9-A285-D979869DE7D8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks.
> 1. new installation, standard, sp1 installed.
> 2.specify asp.net, no pfse
> 3.no other database
> 4.default install
>
> I reinstall wss with new version(with sp1). now I can access to the page
> http://localhost:18580/configdb.aspx
> but asking me to specify the database.
>
> Can i install the WMSDE alone, and where to download it?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
>> Please give us some background information.
>>
>> 1. Was this a completely new installation of Win 2003 Server on a new
>> machine? Which version of Win 2003 Server was it (Web Edition; Standard;
>> Enterprise; Data Center). Do you have Win 2003 Server SP1 installed.
>> 2. If so did you specify ASP.NET when specifying IIS and not specify
>> FPSE?
>>
>> 3. Did you already have a database system installed on the server - if so
>> which one?
>>
>> 4. Did you specify the default install or the web farm install ?
>>
>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> WSS FAQ http://wss.collutions.com
>> please reply to the newsgroup only
>>
>> "enhung" <enhung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6C2C3063-03E5-47C1-BC84-DE7285CD85D3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > When i try to install wss, event message says it has problem with msde
>> > installation.
>> >
>> > After my installation, i open vitual server, found that only two of
>> > them,
>> > one is default, one if for server administration.
>> >
>> > when i try to open localhost/default.aspx, it response with no such
>> > file
>> > exist, and the web site is under construction.
>> >
>> > Any one can give a hand to tell me what's wrong?
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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