Xpe demo installation problems

G

Gnome

I have downloaded these files
(Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 Downloads)
but I dunno what to do with them.

My guess is that I have to make some directory structure
and then either copy these files to particcular places there,
or possibly unpack first....or make CDs...running one of the
setups it kept asking for a CD.

Details please !


Tools
disk1.cab
tools.cab

Database
{484C9D34-846E-40E2-A2E6-FF2771A303D5}.cab
{022716D8-0CF0-4779-B94C-8E52EB36709C}.cab
{347677C8-8935-4D30-8DDA-FB6D701ACF47}.cab
disk2.cab
msde.cab
 
G

Gnome

Ok, sort of got it running now but
when the program starts it wants to connect to the database server at
"NA-L9F7D....", and this connection fails. No AV or
firewall.
Ideas ?
 
J

John Coyne \(eMVP\)

Obvious question becomes did you install the instance of MSDE? Do you have
another version of MSDE or SQL Server running on your machine?

Best install method for the eval I have found is to extract to CDROM, and
load that way... seems to be more smooth.

HTH,
JC

--
John Coyne
eMVP
Windows Embedded Black Belt
Arrow Electronics, OCS division



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G

Gnome

No none of those are running or installed. The MSDE.cab contains
Msde/Disk1/SQLMSDE/...
I tried running Setup from there but apparently Autorun (which is not
present in the distribution) must be used in order to process the
Autorun.inf properly...I get a MSG box saying "A strong SA password is
required....." . Have tried to install using the inf file and are
getting "installation failed". Tried dumping it all to a CD but are
getting the same error.
Note: I used the alternate download method as that automated download
was way too slow...like 100K/min.
Maybe there is something wrong/missing with these files ?

Any further suggestions ?
 
J

John Coyne \(eMVP\)

hmm... that would definately prohibit installation of the component DB... no
Engine, No DB :)


there's a command line switch out there that allows a blank SA password...
try searching the google archive.

alternatively, here's the homepage for MSDE on microsoft.com... you can
download the full version of MSDE here:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/downloads/default.mspx

HTH,
JC



--
John Coyne
eMVP
Windows Embedded Black Belt
Arrow Electronics, OCS division



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