Re: Win2003 won't let me install/upgrade SQL 2000

From: Alex Mondale (almo_at_mondale.com)
Date: 05/12/03 

Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:54:19 -0400

This is interesting info, and documented exactly nowhere in the MSDN
documentation I searched. As you guessed, I indeed have Windows 2003 Web
Edition installed. Can't figure out MS's strategy in disabling a data
server from running on their web server product, however ?!

Thanks for your reply,
Alex

"Stephen Dybing [MSFT]" <stephd@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%238fcjuKGDHA.2236@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I don't know anything about the methods used to prevent you from being
able
> to install, but I am interested in which version of Windows 2003 you're
> attempting to install on. If you're attempting to install anything version
> of SQL Server other than MSDE on Windows 2003 Web Edition, it will fail. I
> thought it failed more gracefully than that, however.
>
> As to the pre-SP3 note, that spiel probably says that SQL Server 2000 is
not
> supported pre-SP3. It will install if you click Continue when you see that
> message box during installation. When it completes, you should install
SP3.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Stephen Dybing
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> Please reply to the newsgroups only, thanks.
>
> "Alex Mondale" <mondalea@usa.redcross.org> wrote in message
> news:03ac01c3189b$b4d34cd0$3001280a@phx.gbl...
> > setup.bat fails silently (nice, Microsoft). A little
> > research though, shows that the crafty W3 designers have
> > decided to disable setupsql.exe through some *very*
> > obfuscated mechanism (no, not local security policy) so
> > that the end result is, you cannot install or re-install
> > MSSQL Server 2000 on Windows 2003!!??
> >
> > I noticed the spiel on the SQL 2000 Server site mentioned
> > that you cannot run SQL 2000 "pre-SP3" on Win2003 but why
> > disable the executable file? To protect us from ourselves
> > as usual, I guess.
>
>

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