Installing SQL Server 2000 Instance

I am trying to install a new instance and it asks me to kill the tasks
for sql server other instances that are running. this occurs are the
MDAC 2.6 setup. I have MDAC 2.8 installed on the box but this still
comesup.
I have not seen this in the past, or encountered this problem,
is there a way to avoid this or not to kill the tasks as i think it
will stop the service for the other instances and thus give me some
downtime which i dont want.
Any suggestion or idea will be great.
Hi
"rubeel@.gmail.com" wrote:

> I am trying to install a new instance and it asks me to kill the tasks
> for sql server other instances that are running. this occurs are the
> MDAC 2.6 setup. I have MDAC 2.8 installed on the box but this still
> comesup.
> I have not seen this in the past, or encountered this problem,
> is there a way to avoid this or not to kill the tasks as i think it
> will stop the service for the other instances and thus give me some
> downtime which i dont want.
> Any suggestion or idea will be great.
>
You could use the MDAC component checker to make sure that you have the
version of MDAC you think is there.
Which versions of SQL Server are each of the instances running? What
components have you installed?
John
|||It is SQL server 2000 on a Win2k Box. all Enterprise.
The problem is that when i try to install a new instance it tries to
install MDAC 2.6 and says that the sqlservr task(which are as many as
the instances, around 14) needs to be stopped. I cant do that on the
prod box and it is causing a dilemma for me. I didnt have a problem a
couple of weeks back when i did the same and it installed the
instance.
I thought it was a service problem so i scheduled a reboot last nite
and that didnt help.
Rubeel