hello,

is it possible to install msde on a machine which contain the SQL Server 2005 client.
Machine is Windows XP Service Pack 2

i have been trying to install msde but have been getting some errors during the install.

such as
1. "Your SQL server installation is either corrupt or has been tampered with(unknown package id). Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem."

2. Also getting errors concerning MDAC: "An Error has occured registering this installation of SQL Server Desktop Engine with MDAC"

when i 1st tried to install i had to remove the password option from msde as it wouldnt install when trying to give it a password i got error in the log:

An error was encountered during connection to server: 1
Ending custom action UpgDetectBlankSaLogin().
Action ended 12:04:37: UpgDetectBlankSaLogin.2D02443E_7002_4C0B_ABC9_EAB2C064397B. Return value 3.


does anyone know what could be the issue