Workaround:
One, locate the MSDE directory in the SQL Server installation disk, and click setup.exe to install it.
Second, after installation, restart the system windowsxp, you can see the SQL Service icon appears.
Third, install the Autorun.exe in the root directory directly, and install the client tools.
Follow the prompts to install, knowing that the system is not the server version during the self-test and will prompt you to install only the client tools. (Haha, I already have the service side)
Iv. enter regedit in the run to open the Registry Editor and find [Hkey_local_machine\\software\\microsoft\\mssqlserver\\mssqlserver], which
There is a key value of LoginMode, now change the value to 2, restart the computer.
Five. Then open the Query Analyzer, and then connect to try, is not OK!
troubleshooting installation of SQL Server requires a restart