Microsoft KB Archive/283023

= INF: SQL Server 6.5 Setup on Windows 2000 Needs Remote Registry Service =

Article ID: 283023

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q283023



SUMMARY
Although it is not recommended, you can install Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server. In most cases, this type of installation is for testing purposes.

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 setup on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server requires the Remote Registry Service to be running. If the Remote Registry Service is not running, the following error message may occur and the setup does not continue:

Setup does not have access to the SQL Server Registry key. You must be logged in to Windows NT as a valid System Administrator of SQL Server in order to access this key. This permission defaults to the local Administrators group and can be changed by using the SQL Security Manager.

&quot;Exit to Windows NT&quot;



MORE INFORMATION
The error message might be misleading because SQL Server is not yet installed.

The Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 installation involves the creation of a registry key to check if the account that is trying to install the program has enough privileges on the computer.

The registry key that is created and then deleted during setup is:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\CurrentControlSet\MSSQLServer\Test

On Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server, a service by the name of Remote Registry Service is used to create the registry keys during the setup. This service runs the process Regsvc.exe.

On Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, the process Winlogon.exe is used to create the test registry key.

The error message may occur for other reasons also. Those reasons include:
 * Logging on to the computer with a non-administrator account.
 * Not having permissions to create registry keys.

If this error occurs, and the Remote Registry Service on Windows 2000 systems is started:
 * 1) Check and see if the account used to log on to the server has enough permissions.
 * 2) Try and create a test registry key. If you cannot create a test registry key, you must analyze and fix the Windows permissions problem that is preventing the creation of a registry key before the SQL Server 6.5 setup can continue.

Additional query words: Install, W2K, Win2k, Win 2000, SQL65, SQL 6.5

Keywords: kbinfo KB283023

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