Install Issue

I have installed MSDE several times on Windows XP on home machines with
success. But now I am trying to install on a Windows 2000 machines which
is at my work location and I am having difficulty.
I had just installed VS.Net and I clicked on the link to download the
software that it provided. It also provided the suggested install options
(wish I could remember what they were - It identified the Instance name as
VSDOTNET, it had some "Network setting", it has some settings to surpress
the prompts). Anyway, the install runs just fine, but SQL server does not
start. When I bring up "SQL Server Service Manager", nothing shows up in
the "Server" or "Services" drop down. So I entered the name of my machine
which looked something like this "\\F0345Brd.MyCompany.Com", which is the
name of my computer followed by "\VSDOTNET". When I did this, it populated
the "Services" drop down, but when I made a selection and pressed the
"Start", I would get an error ( This is due to the fact that I was unable
to post the message from work and now I am doing all this from memory).
I am guessing that I still do not have the right name for navigating to my
instance of MSDE.
How do I find the instance name of my installed MSDE?
What is the right format for specifying where the server is located in the
"SQL Server Service Manager".
Why didn't the installation provide a proper name for this in "SQL Server
Service Manager"?
Any other suggestions you have to get this up and running?
Hi Jim,
Start up the services applet (in Admin tools) and look for the name of the
service/instance there.
HTH,
Greg Low (MVP)
MSDE Manager SQL Tools
www.whitebearconsulting.com
"Jim Heavey" <JimHeavey@.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94CB48569B009JimHeaveyhotmailcom@.207.46.24 8.16...
> I have installed MSDE several times on Windows XP on home machines with
> success. But now I am trying to install on a Windows 2000 machines which
> is at my work location and I am having difficulty.
> I had just installed VS.Net and I clicked on the link to download the
> software that it provided. It also provided the suggested install options
> (wish I could remember what they were - It identified the Instance name as
> VSDOTNET, it had some "Network setting", it has some settings to surpress
> the prompts). Anyway, the install runs just fine, but SQL server does not
> start. When I bring up "SQL Server Service Manager", nothing shows up in
> the "Server" or "Services" drop down. So I entered the name of my machine
> which looked something like this "\\F0345Brd.MyCompany.Com", which is the
> name of my computer followed by "\VSDOTNET". When I did this, it
populated
> the "Services" drop down, but when I made a selection and pressed the
> "Start", I would get an error ( This is due to the fact that I was unable
> to post the message from work and now I am doing all this from memory).
> I am guessing that I still do not have the right name for navigating to my
> instance of MSDE.
> How do I find the instance name of my installed MSDE?
> What is the right format for specifying where the server is located in the
> "SQL Server Service Manager".
> Why didn't the installation provide a proper name for this in "SQL Server
> Service Manager"?
> Any other suggestions you have to get this up and running?
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