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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2005-04-19 : 08:24:34
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| Dragan writes "Upon trying to install SP3 I get the following error:"Setup was unable to verify the state of the server for an upgrade. Verify the server is able to start and that you provided a valid sa password and restart setup"Can anybody shed some light, please?I installed SQL 2000 Std.The OS is Win2003.This was the only solution Microsoft had so far, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328290, but it doesn't work." |
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AndyB13
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2005-04-19 : 12:02:45
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Did you reboot the server after the install of SQL server???AndyBeauty is in the eyes of the beerholder  |
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Amanda D
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Posted - 2005-04-22 : 17:24:49
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| Can you tell me what you did to resolve your issue? i am having the same issue/message and have rebooted more times than I care to mention... |
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pentiumsingh
Starting Member
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Posted - 2005-04-25 : 00:55:52
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| Hi after restarting and installing sp3 , your sql server service and all the related services like agent and others are started And if you have kept the 'sa' password as blank password then please insert some password into it , and keep the authentication mode to mixed mode that is your windows authentication and sql autentication both Pentiumsingh |
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Amanda D
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Posted - 2005-04-25 : 09:24:26
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Originally posted by pentiumsingh
Hi after restarting and installing sp3 , your sql server service and all the related services like agent and others are started And if you have kept the 'sa' password as blank password then please insert some password into it , and keep the authentication mode to mixed mode that is your windows authentication and sql autentication both Pentiumsingh
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Amanda D
Starting Member
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Posted - 2005-04-25 : 09:25:10
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| Hi - thanks for responding. My sa password is sa and does work when I test it to create a odbc source....Any other thoughts? |
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Error with SQL SP3 install