Hi,

Our company is developing programs, which make of use MS SQL Server
databases (SQL Server 7.0 SP3). The setup of these programs have to
install MSDE 1.0 and SQL Server 7.0 SP3, as neccessary. Our problems
originate from these installations:

1. During MSDE or SP3 setup under Windows 9x or Windows Me the
following error message may occur: 'System error. The file you are
trying to open is already in use by another program. Quit the other
program, and then try again.', although there isn't any application
running. Pressing 'Retry' the setup continues, but this symptom may
occur several times during the setup procedure. This problem, even
on the same computer & configuration, is poorly reproducible.

2. Under Windows95 after the SQL Server Desktop Edition or the
MSDE 1.0 installation the SQL Server 7.0 SP3 setup fails, if the
Regional Settings is Hungarian or for example Czech, but if it is
German or Spanish, then everything is OK. This phenomenon is clearly
reproducible on several computers. The error message is: 'Setup was
unable to validate your password. Press Retry to re-enter your
password or press Cancel to exit out of setup.'

The MSDE 1.0 and SP3 setup programs are launched in silent mode from
our install programs as follows:

MSDE 1.0 : setupsql.exe -s -SMS -f1"unatt.iss"
SP3/Win9x: setupsql.exe sapwd= k=SMS -s -m -z -SMS -f1"setup9x.iss"
SP3/NT: setupsql.exe NTAuthentication=1 k=SMS -s -m -z -SMS
-f1"setup.iss"


Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Szilard Peto