Password Error... while installing SQL SP 3a

When I try to install SQL Server Service Pack 3a, I am getting the following
error message.
"Setup was unable to validate your password. Press retry to enter password
or press cancel to exit out of setup" "Retry and Cancel" buttons.
I am entering a valid password. What are the reasons that it may throw this
error message?
Also I noticed that My SQL server and SERVER agent are getting stopped while
doing this SP installation.
SQL 2K.
Any comments and thoughts. Thanks you,
SmithI had a similiar occurance with SP4. My situatiuon was that the service
account for the engine was authenticating to another domain and I was logged
into the domain the machine was in via remote desktop. Once I altered the
service to use the account in the same domain as the machine, all was fine.
needless to say, some of our installs are jacked up.
"Branden Smith" wrote:

> When I try to install SQL Server Service Pack 3a, I am getting the followi
ng
> error message.
> "Setup was unable to validate your password. Press retry to enter password
> or press cancel to exit out of setup" "Retry and Cancel" buttons.
> I am entering a valid password. What are the reasons that it may throw thi
s
> error message?
> Also I noticed that My SQL server and SERVER agent are getting stopped whi
le
> doing this SP installation.
> SQL 2K.
> Any comments and thoughts. Thanks you,
> Smith
>
>
>|||Both the services are running under "LocalSystem" account. After changing to
LocalSystem account I did restart both services. Something is missing here?
Do I have to reboot the computer?
Thanks for your reply.
Smith
"Jeffrey K. Ericson" <JeffreyKEricson@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3DF72A14-2DC6-40A4-9A54-04FFE4869D48@.microsoft.com...
> I had a similiar occurance with SP4. My situatiuon was that the service
> account for the engine was authenticating to another domain and I was
logged
> into the domain the machine was in via remote desktop. Once I altered the
> service to use the account in the same domain as the machine, all was
fine.[vbcol=seagreen]
> needless to say, some of our installs are jacked up.
> "Branden Smith" wrote:
>
following[vbcol=seagreen]
password[vbcol=seagreen]
this[vbcol=seagreen]
while[vbcol=seagreen]|||Can you login to the server with the credentials you are supplying in QA or
EM?
"Branden Smith" wrote:

> Both the services are running under "LocalSystem" account. After changing
to
> LocalSystem account I did restart both services. Something is missing here
?
> Do I have to reboot the computer?
> Thanks for your reply.
> Smith
>
>
> "Jeffrey K. Ericson" <JeffreyKEricson@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:3DF72A14-2DC6-40A4-9A54-04FFE4869D48@.microsoft.com...
> logged
> fine.
> following
> password
> this
> while
>
>|||Yes. It worked well with EM. I did not test with QA.
I do not know why it is failing for password. Any other thoughts. Thanks for
the reply.
Smith
"Jeffrey K. Ericson" <JeffreyKEricson@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:D73EDBE1-02EA-4795-A550-E64883E383D9@.microsoft.com...
> Can you login to the server with the credentials you are supplying in QA
or EM?[vbcol=seagreen]
> "Branden Smith" wrote:
>
changing to[vbcol=seagreen]
here?[vbcol=seagreen]
in[vbcol=seagreen]
service[vbcol=seagreen]
the[vbcol=seagreen]
throw[vbcol=seagreen]
stopped[vbcol=seagreen]