Problem with installing of Sql Server 2000

Hy,

Can anybody help me?

I downloaded the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) Release A (which have 42.9 mb ) from Microsoft site ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=413744D1-A0BC-479F-BAFA-E4B278EB9147&displaylang=en )... i run the kit exe , i set the sa password and a name for instance, and begin the installation. after it finished, nothing isn't happend. I restart my pc, and the sql agent is offline, same the services and the instance. What is the problem?

Other problem : i have the kit for MS SQL Server 2000 Enterprise. I run the setup, i choose the "Install database driver" option and i receive a prompt message which tell me that the Sql Server 2000 Enterprise edition server component is not supported on my operating system, and that only the client components will be availabe if i will continue with the installation. My OS is Windows XP Professional SP 2, and i read that the sql server 2000 is supported by Xp Prof, so what is the problem? Why i can't install the sql server 2000 on my system. I tried on Xp Prof, without SP 2, and i had the same problem.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Emanuel.

Emanuel, I can't help you with the MSDE issue you've got, but the Enterprise Edition will only install on a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server. The edition of SQL Server 2000 that runs on XP is the Developer Edition only.|||WHich Service are installed for SQL Server 2000 / MSDE. DO you see any services that failed / are stopped or anything else. Look in the Service Managment Console to retrieve this information.

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

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