Developer edition installation error on XP Professional

When trying to specify the Service settings Domain User account during SQL
Server 2000 developer edition installation on an XP Pro (SP2) machine I get
the following error message: "The logon account cannot be validated for the
SQL Server service. Verify that the username and password entered are
correct. The logon attempt failed." I have tried a variety of accounts
(including administrator) and always get the same error message. The "Local
System account" option seems to proceed without error, but that doesn't meet
my application requirements.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
- DanielHi
XP needs to verify the account credentials with domain controller that thje
XP machine is in. It can't contact the DC, so it passes the error to SQL
Server installation.
Check your connectivity to your DC's.
Regards
Mike
"Daniel Scheidt" wrote:

> When trying to specify the Service settings Domain User account during SQL
> Server 2000 developer edition installation on an XP Pro (SP2) machine I ge
t
> the following error message: "The logon account cannot be validated for th
e
> SQL Server service. Verify that the username and password entered are
> correct. The logon attempt failed." I have tried a variety of accounts
> (including administrator) and always get the same error message. The "Loca
l
> System account" option seems to proceed without error, but that doesn't me
et
> my application requirements.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
> - Daniel|||Thanks Mike, my machine is a stand-alone box not connected to any DC. I'm
using the machine name in the "Domain:" field. This approach has worked fine
for me on Windows 2003 Server boxes, but I'm stuck on this XP install
- Daniel
"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" wrote:
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> Hi
> XP needs to verify the account credentials with domain controller that th
je
> XP machine is in. It can't contact the DC, so it passes the error to SQL
> Server installation.
> Check your connectivity to your DC's.
> Regards
> Mike
> "Daniel Scheidt" wrote:
>