Hello all, im new here and do not have no experience with sql. I am trying to install a tax software that I need to run my little business. When I install it gets to a popint that it asks me for my SQL server usernme and password. I remember doing this last year and I reinstalled MSDE and set up a username and password. I seem to not remember what I used, i tried all that I would have but can not get past that step.
I remember adding some lines in the setup,ini file when I installed it last year. Now I can go ahead and reinstall it again and set up a new one, but will the uninstalling and reinstalling of MSDE affect my previous software from last year? Its the same software but I need this years installed.
I have tried using sa as the username and a blank password, with a password and others that I have read up on, still cant log on. Keep getting worng credential screen.
Is there a way to get that info, i doubt it or else it would not be secure, or can I just simply reinstall MSDE?
Many thanks!!
Forget MSDE. Use Sql Server Express instead. It's much easier:http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx
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If you are going to uninstall and reinstall it again, you will be loosing all the data that is there from the previous year. So if you are ok with that , you can go ahead and reinstall it.
Also, since you are using a application, the application needs to store the access details some where, may be in registry or INI or something like that, so check for that or ask the maker of the software to send you the details about where the Server details are stored by the application. Then, you can open them up and find the details.
|||Yeah thats the thing, I don't want to loose the data. OK, so I will talk to them and see what they can help me with. Thanks.
|||Well don't know anything about sql, msde, all i know is that the program asks for the login credentials when its installing, other than that, I don't mess with MSDE.
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