MSDE and Windows 2003

[MCSE]

Hello there,

I am trying to install MSDE on a Windows 2003 server and after I extracted
the file in the default path, C:MSDEReIA, I ran the setup.exe file.
I get the following message: A strong SA password is required for security
reasons. Please, use SAPWD switch to supply the same. Setup will now exit.

Any help will be very appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Andrea Montanari]

hi,

Post by MCSE
Hello there,
I am trying to install MSDE on a Windows 2003 server and after I
extracted the file in the default path, C:MSDEReIA, I ran the
setup.exe file. I get the following message: A strong SA password is
required for
security reasons. Please, use SAPWD switch to supply the same. Setup
will now exit.

please provide the additional
SAPWD=yourStrongPassword
parameter to the command line call (or add it to the consumed ini file) like
c:\MSDERelA>setup.exe params.... SAPWD=YourStrongPassword ...params .. /L*v
"c:\MSDELog.txt"

the additional /L*v "c:\MSDELog.txt" parameter will enable inastallation
verbose logging, resulting in a text file of about 2mb (for a succesful
installation) you can eventually inspect in case of problem searching for
RETURN VALUE 3
entries, indicating the origin of the problem..