Re: Instance name location?

From: ntwkprof (ntwkprof@yahoo.com)
Date: 01/28/03 

From: "ntwkprof" <ntwkprof@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:24:01 -0800

Yes...takes me to Windows 2000 setup and gives me an error.

>-----Original Message-----
>are you running something like:
>
>setup /upgradesp sqlrun INSTANCENAME=yourinstance
>
>
>
>--
>Richard Waymire, MCSE, MCDBA
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>"ntwkprof" <ntwkprof@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:036e01c2c708$329b2790$d2f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA09...
>> OK... now that I have the instance name, I still can't
get
>> this to work. How do I change the instance name?
>>
>> Better yet...how do I install this so it works? I have
>> spent 1 and one half days on this and am no further
then I
>> was when I started.
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Take a look at control panel -> Services. You should
see
>> services that look
>> >like "MSSQL$somename"
>> >
>> >The "somename" is the instance name(s) installed.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Richard Waymire, MCSE, MCDBA
>> >
>> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>> confers no rights.
>> >"ntwkprof" <ntwkprof@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:06aa01c2c6f0$c6930610$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
>> >> I am getting the same error the rest of you are
>> >> getting: "The instance name specified is invalid."
>> >>
>> >> Can someone please tell me how to find out what the
>> >> instance name for my version of MSDE? And how can I
>> >> change it?
>> >>
>> >> I have the MSDE that loaded with Sharepoint Team
>> Services
>> >> from the FrontPage 2002 CD on one seerver, and the
MSDE
>> >> from Office XP on another, and the download from
MSDN on
>> >> the rest of the servers.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>>
>
>
>.
>

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