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 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,
> 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.
> 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
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,
> >
> > Smith
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >|||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...
> > 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.
> > 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
> 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,
> > >
> > > Smith
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||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?
> "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...
> > > 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.
> > > 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
> > 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,
> > > >
> > > > Smith
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >