Install problems on one system

Hi;
I have VMWare on a test computer and installed the dev version of SqlServer
2005 fine on the frist VM partition.
However, on the second it won't let me check the reporting services and
requires a strong password. Why?
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com
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For further research, I would like to know:
1. Do your two VMWare partions have the same version of Windows OS?
2. What's the Windows OS edition?
3. What will happen if you specify a strong password for it?
4. Could you send me related system event logs to me
(changliw@.microsoft.com) ?
Sincerely yours,
Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support|||Hi;
1. Yes - same everything.
2. Windows 2003 with all service packs.
3. I did not do that as I want the same p/w we use for everything on the
test system.
4. Will get tomorrow (I'm home now).
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
"Charles Wang[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi,
> For further research, I would like to know:
> 1. Do your two VMWare partions have the same version of Windows OS?
> 2. What's the Windows OS edition?
> 3. What will happen if you specify a strong password for it?
> 4. Could you send me related system event logs to me
> (changliw@.microsoft.com) ?
> Sincerely yours,
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>|||Hi;
For question 4 all it has is:
MsiInstaller - SQL Server 2005 - Install started.
MsiInstaller - SQL Server 2005 - Installation failed.
And the failed is because I cancelled it.
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
"Charles Wang[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi,
> For further research, I would like to know:
> 1. Do your two VMWare partions have the same version of Windows OS?
> 2. What's the Windows OS edition?
> 3. What will happen if you specify a strong password for it?
> 4. Could you send me related system event logs to me
> (changliw@.microsoft.com) ?
> Sincerely yours,
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>|||BTW - the big problem is it requiring a strong password for the SqlServer sa
user. That will break all of our unit tests.
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
"Charles Wang[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi,
> For further research, I would like to know:
> 1. Do your two VMWare partions have the same version of Windows OS?
> 2. What's the Windows OS edition?
> 3. What will happen if you specify a strong password for it?
> 4. Could you send me related system event logs to me
> (changliw@.microsoft.com) ?
> Sincerely yours,
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>|||Hi Dave,
Thanks for your response.
By default, strong password is a policy in Windows 2003. From your
description, I understand that your SQL Server 2005 ran with mixed
authentication mode and you log on the SQL 2005 with sa account.
I would like to know whether or not you can log on the SQL Server 2005 with
sa account which password is weak. Which place did this issue occurs?
To let me better understand this issue, I would like you could mail me
(changliw@.microsoft.com) a screenshot of your issue.
In SQL Server 2005, you can modify sa password and cancel the strong
password policy via:
Log on into Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio with sysadmin;
Expand the Security folder;
Expand the Logins folder;
Right click sa account and click Properties on the pop menu;
Cancel the selection of "Enforce password policy";
Modify the sa password if you want to.
Sincerely yours,
Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support|||Hello;
Not exactly. I have not installed Sql Server 2005 yet because of these two
problems.
1) It has greyed out reporting services and I need to install that.
2) It wants a strong password during install. How can I set it to not
require that during install?
What is weird is this is a Windows 2003 test system and I have another
identical test system that did not have these problems. The only difference
is the other system has IIS installed.
So, how can I fix this?
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
"Charles Wang[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> Thanks for your response.
> By default, strong password is a policy in Windows 2003. From your
> description, I understand that your SQL Server 2005 ran with mixed
> authentication mode and you log on the SQL 2005 with sa account.
> I would like to know whether or not you can log on the SQL Server 2005 wit
h
> sa account which password is weak. Which place did this issue occurs?
> To let me better understand this issue, I would like you could mail me
> (changliw@.microsoft.com) a screenshot of your issue.
> In SQL Server 2005, you can modify sa password and cancel the strong
> password policy via:
> Log on into Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio with sysadmin;
> Expand the Security folder;
> Expand the Logins folder;
> Right click sa account and click Properties on the pop menu;
> Cancel the selection of "Enforce password policy";
> Modify the sa password if you want to.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
>|||David Thielen wrote:
> Hello;
> Not exactly. I have not installed Sql Server 2005 yet because of these two
> problems.
> 1) It has greyed out reporting services and I need to install that.
> 2) It wants a strong password during install. How can I set it to not
> require that during install?
> What is weird is this is a Windows 2003 test system and I have another
> identical test system that did not have these problems. The only differenc
e
> is the other system has IIS installed.
> So, how can I fix this?
>
Reporting Services requires IIS - that's how it delivers the reports...
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||Yes, Reporting Service is a web-based application. I recommend that Install
IIS 6.0 first and then try again.
You can install the component via "Add/Remove Components" from control
panel or "Add or remove a role" from "Manage Your Server" in the start menu.
Sincerely yours,
Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com
Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
"Charles Wang[MSFT]" wrote:

> Yes, Reporting Service is a web-based application. I recommend that Instal
l
> IIS 6.0 first and then try again.
> You can install the component via "Add/Remove Components" from control
> panel or "Add or remove a role" from "Manage Your Server" in the start men
u.
> Sincerely yours,
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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