MSDE 1 => msde 2 => MSDE 2 SP3a

I'm able to successfully upgrade my MSDE 1 installation from Office 2k to
MSDE 2, using any of the versions 1 thru 3a. However, I can't figure out
the command-line parameters to upgrade MSDE 2 to a newer version of MSDE 2,
at least not retaining my Office Server Extensions database. Considering
that SP 4 for MSDE 2 will probably be out soon, what's the proper method to
upgrade MSDE 2 when it was used to upgrade MSDE 1?
Well, I figured out the easy way to do things. First, you install MSDE 2.
Then you install office server extensions using the /nd switch to avoid
installing an older version of MSDE. Had a lot of registry cleaning to do,
had to unregister ows.dll, and a few other problems to fix before I could
get a successful install of OSE. Works fine, though. I was even able to
apply the OSE SP3 patch.
"Ellen Langton" <elangton@.wctc.net> wrote in message
news:emnXe$XCFHA.3688@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I'm able to successfully upgrade my MSDE 1 installation from Office 2k to
> MSDE 2, using any of the versions 1 thru 3a. However, I can't figure out
> the command-line parameters to upgrade MSDE 2 to a newer version of MSDE
2,
> at least not retaining my Office Server Extensions database. Considering
> that SP 4 for MSDE 2 will probably be out soon, what's the proper method
to
> upgrade MSDE 2 when it was used to upgrade MSDE 1?
>
|||Well, I figured out the easy way to do things. First, you install MSDE 2.
Then you install office server extensions using the /nd switch to avoid
installing an older version of MSDE. Had a lot of registry cleaning to do,
had to unregister ows.dll, and a few other problems to fix before I could
get a successful install of OSE. Works fine, though. I was even able to
apply the OSE SP3 patch.
"Ellen Langton" <elangton@.wctc.net> wrote in message
news:emnXe$XCFHA.3688@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I'm able to successfully upgrade my MSDE 1 installation from Office 2k to
> MSDE 2, using any of the versions 1 thru 3a. However, I can't figure out
> the command-line parameters to upgrade MSDE 2 to a newer version of MSDE
2,
> at least not retaining my Office Server Extensions database. Considering
> that SP 4 for MSDE 2 will probably be out soon, what's the proper method
to
> upgrade MSDE 2 when it was used to upgrade MSDE 1?
>