Re: How to locate MSDE installations

From: Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP] (jeff@cfisolutions.com)
Date: 05/30/02 

From: "Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]" <jeff@cfisolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 17:26:11 -0500

Thanks Roger. This is the most hopeful approach, and with the confirming
suggestions from the others, now I have a way to double check the results.
Thanks again.

"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:OBQwXJABCHA.2540@tkmsftngp05...
> HfNetChk tool identifies MSDE installs and provides info
> on their version and service currency.
>
> --
> Roger
> "Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]" <jeff@cfisolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:#r7xvPmACHA.2428@tkmsftngp02...
> > Does MS provide the function in tools like MSBA (or something else)
> > specifically to locate installations of MSDE network wide or machine by
> > machine?
> >
> > MSDE is often provided in a bundle with a product that doesn't even
> identify
> > that it uses this engine in the background. I trying to see if there's a
> > simple way to find these installations, or if I should resort to making
a
> > script to hunt for the registry entries or services being installed on a
> > machine. Any thoughts?
> >
> >
>
>

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