>Hi all,
>
>I have problems with installing MSSQL7 or MSDE on Win2K and XP home
>
>A) 1) On XP, first time I have had installed MSDE together with VFP8
> and it worked. Latter I have removed MSDE, and now when I start
> installation again I get "The instance name specified is invalid..."
> ( I tried with run d:\sqlmsde\setup.exe sapwd="sa" as required )
>

The MSDE uninstall doesn't delete the folder where it was previously installed. Try deleting or moving that folder. Also here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/distsql/distsql_84xl.asp

you'll find how to set installation parameters for MSDE.

HTH,

Enmanuel