November 21, 2008 at 10:49 am
I have tried installing SQL Server 2008 multiple times on my machine, and I always receive this error about 3/4 of the way through: '' is not a valid login or you do not have permission.
I have tried installing both SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools and SQL Server 2008 with Advanced Services, and they both fail the same way. I am trying to do a new stand-alone installation.
I'm running Windows XP Home Edition SP3.
Looking into the error, some forums say I have to install it from THE Administrator account, and not an account with administrator permissions; it also cannot be in Safe Mode, because then the Windows Installer won't work. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to login to the Administrator account. I can go to the home login screen, do ctrl+alt+del twice, and attempt to login to the Administrator account, but I receive this error: Unable to Log You on because of an Account Restriction.
Other forums say that in the Server Configuration section, all you have to do is provide the username and a strong password from an administrative account on the computer, and it doesn't have to be THE Administrator. Well, I did that, but for some reason it doesn't recognize my username and password, it says something like "The credentials you provided for the SQL Server Agent are invalid". BUT THOSE ARE THE CORRECT CREDENTIALS FOR MY ADMINISTRATIVE USER! So I'm forced to use one of the accounts without a password, like NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. That's the only way I can get past this step.
Also, just FYI, on the next step, which is Database Engine Configuration, I am using Mixed Mode for the Security Mode. I AGAIN provide a password, and then add my current user (who IS an administrator on my machine!) to the SQL Server Administrators box.
But yet, it fails every single time.
This is pathetic and ridiculous. I must have tried to install this thing 15 times, that is not an exaggeration. I'm posting this on several other forums as well, maybe an MVP or Bill Gates himself can help me.
I have one of the log files from a failed installation. If someone would like to see it, I will post it.
November 21, 2008 at 11:10 am
i think i had a similar issue, and it was related to a weak password for my user; i don't remember if it was my sa account or my admin account on my laptop...it's been a while.
i had to change to a more complex password for the install; lemme see if i can find the kb article....
Lowell
November 21, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Lowell (11/21/2008)
i think i had a similar issue, and it was related to a weak password for my user; i don't remember if it was my sa account or my admin account on my laptop...it's been a while.i had to change to a more complex password for the install; lemme see if i can find the kb article....
Thank you, I'd appreciate it if you could find that for me.
November 23, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I haven't had any answers from any other forums, I'll just post my log file in case anyone wants to look at this:
Overall summary:
Final result: SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.
Exit code (Decimal): -2068643839
Exit facility code: 1203
Exit error code: 1
Exit message: SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.
Start time: 2008-11-17 11:13:47
End time: 2008-11-17 12:17:25
Requested action: Install
Log with failure: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\Detail.txt
Exception help link: http%3a%2f%2fgo.microsoft.com%2ffwlink%3fLinkId%3d20476%26ProdName%3dMicrosoft%2bSQL%2bServer%26EvtSrc%3dsetup.rll%26EvtID%3d50000%26ProdVer%3d10.0.1600.22%26EvtType%3d0xBE029E38%400x12C2466D
Machine Properties:
Machine name: STEVEN
Machine processor count: 2
OS version: Windows XP
OS service pack: Service Pack 3
OS region: United States
OS language: English (United States)
OS architecture: x86
Process architecture: 32 Bit
OS clustered: No
Product features discovered:
Product Instance Instance ID Feature Language Edition Version Clustered
Package properties:
Description: SQL Server Database Services 2008
SQLProductFamilyCode: {628F8F38-600E-493D-9946-F4178F20A8A9}
ProductName: SQL2008
Type: RTM
Version: 10
SPLevel: 0
Installation location: D:\x86\setup Installation edition: DEVELOPER
User Input Settings:
ACTION: Install
ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN: False
AGTSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
AGTSVCPASSWORD: *****
AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Manual
ASBACKUPDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Backup
ASCOLLATION: Latin1_General_CI_AS
ASCONFIGDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Config
ASDATADIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Data
ASDOMAINGROUP:
ASLOGDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Log
ASPROVIDERMSOLAP: 1
ASSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
ASSVCPASSWORD: *****
ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS: STEVEN\Steven
ASTEMPDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Temp
BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Disabled
CONFIGURATIONFILE: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\ConfigurationFile.ini
ENABLERANU: False
ERRORREPORTING: False
FEATURES: SQLENGINE,REPLICATION,FULLTEXT,AS,RS,BIDS,CONN,IS,BC,SDK,BOL,SSMS,ADV_SSMS,SNAC_SDK,OCS
FILESTREAMLEVEL: 0
FILESTREAMSHARENAME:
FTSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE
FTSVCPASSWORD: *****
HELP: False
INDICATEPROGRESS: False
INSTALLSHAREDDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server INSTALLSQLDATADIR:
INSTANCEDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server INSTANCEID: MSSQLSERVER
INSTANCENAME: MSSQLSERVER
ISSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
ISSVCPASSWORD: *****
ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
MEDIASOURCE: D: NPENABLED: 0
PID: *****
QUIET: False
QUIETSIMPLE: False
RSINSTALLMODE: DefaultNativeMode
RSSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
RSSVCPASSWORD: *****
RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SAPWD: *****
SECURITYMODE: SQL
SQLBACKUPDIR:
SQLCOLLATION: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
SQLSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
SQLSVCPASSWORD: *****
SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS: STEVEN\Steven
SQLTEMPDBDIR:
SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR:
SQLUSERDBDIR:
SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:
SQMREPORTING: False
TCPENABLED: 0
X86: False
Configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\ConfigurationFile.ini
Detailed results:
Feature: Database Engine Services
Status: Failed: see logs for details
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Failed: see details below
Configuration error code: 0x12C2466D
Configuration error description: '' is not a valid login or you do not have permission.
Configuration log: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\Detail.txt
Feature: SQL Client Connectivity SDK
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: SQL Server Replication
Status: Failed: see logs for details
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Failed: see details below
Configuration error code: 0x12C2466D
Configuration error description: '' is not a valid login or you do not have permission.
Configuration log: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\Detail.txt
Feature: Full-Text Search
Status: Failed: see logs for details
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Failed: see details below
Configuration error code: 0x12C2466D
Configuration error description: '' is not a valid login or you do not have permission.
Configuration log: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\Detail.txt
Feature: Analysis Services
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Reporting Services
Status: Failed: see logs for details
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Failed: see details below
Configuration error code: 0x12C2466D
Configuration error description: '' is not a valid login or you do not have permission.
Configuration log: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\Detail.txt
Feature: Integration Services
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Client Tools Connectivity
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Management Tools - Complete
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Management Tools - Basic
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Client Tools SDK
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Client Tools Backwards Compatibility
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Business Intelligence Development Studio
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: SQL Server Books Online
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Feature: Microsoft Sync Framework
Status: Passed
MSI status: Passed
Configuration status: Passed
Rules with failures:
Global rules:
Scenario specific rules:
Rules report file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081117_110917\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm
November 24, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Can anyone help?
November 30, 2008 at 11:49 am
bump
November 30, 2008 at 12:09 pm
As I mentioned over at SQLTeam, you may want to give CSS a shout. If no one's answering it's most likely because they don't know.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
January 3, 2009 at 9:24 am
Same problem for me. No solution currently found
-- Vista Ultimate, German version
-- RC0 was previously installed and ran Ok for months
-- Did a total manual registry cleanup and tried 8 times in different variations, including an Ini-Based one
-- It's not my first SQL install; I probably have done this 50 times in my life,
Only solution for me is to install a Virtual PC with Server 2003 on the same machine, where install works as usual without problems.
Dieter
January 22, 2009 at 3:48 pm
FINALLY got this installed!
Someone with a keen eye noticed that my computer name and account name were the same, and this was causing problems. So I changed my computer name, and it installed correctly.
One other suggestion that I didn't try was to uninstall SP3 on XP and then install SQL Server 2008. Apparently there are some security issues with SP3 and SQL Server 2008. So if anyone else is having troubles, you could try that (along with the other solutions I tried in my original post).
I'm not sure if that will help anyone else here who is having problems, but it might help some.
January 23, 2009 at 12:11 am
Steven01025 (1/22/2009)
Someone with a keen eye noticed that my computer name and account name were the same, and this was causing problems. So I changed my computer name, and it installed correctly.
This also was the case for my installation. Will try later.
April 26, 2009 at 5:25 am
I was also running with the same problem. I had to install and uninstall almost 10 times. This worked great. Thanks steve.
May 22, 2009 at 7:14 am
Thanks!
I have the same issue [computer name] = [username], XP SP3 and SQL Server 2008. Uninstalled SQL Server 2008, changed computer name and reinstalled ... worked!!
😀
July 14, 2010 at 12:49 am
Steven01025 (1/22/2009)
FINALLY got this installed!Someone with a keen eye noticed that my computer name and account name were the same, and this was causing problems. So I changed my computer name, and it installed correctly.
thanks steven!
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