Re: SQL Server 2000 Installation error

coosa (coosa76@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
> I was installing SQL Server on my machine and during installation my PC
> freezed. It happens frequently on my machine. So i tried after
> restarting to install it again and since then i always get the same
> error message:
> "An error occurred while creating one or more registry entries. Please
> see C:\WINDOWS\sqlstp.log for details. The problem could be caused by a
> low registry quota condition"
> I have tried to clean the registry and i don't know what else i could
> do to solve this issue.

I seem to recall that the SQL 2000 Setup includes a registry-cleanup
option somewhere. Try that one.

And once you have installed - don't forget the latest service pack!

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx
.

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