Thanks for the clues. I played around with the "log on as" settings on both the SAP DB and XSERVER services, changing them to log on as administrator, but it had no effect. I still get the same error. So, I am at an impasse with this project at this point.
I did notice in the installation logs that I got the following error: "Can't open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP\SAP DBTech": Invalid argument" quite often. Is this something should be worried about or is it irrelevant? Cheers, Jon "Marcin P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Are You working on remote or local server? > In other words - is your SAP DB server installed > on the same machine as DBM GUI, or not? > In first case do not fill the information about > system user and password - leave it blank. > In any case you should check your policy settings - > it must have something in common with that > (i.e. privileges - logon as service etc...). > regards, > Marcin > > SAPDB happy user "JON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has kindly written in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks for the reply, but in this case the administrators password is not > > blank, so it must be something else. In fact I tried several admin > accounts > > but always with the same results. > > > > > > "Marcin P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi!, > > > I've noticed, the the system administrator's password can't be > > > blank. Otherwise this error is raised. > > > Maybe it will help... > > > Greetings, > > > Marcin Pytel > > > > > > > > > U�ytkownik "JON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa� w wiadomo�ci > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > After testing everything on my development server (Windows 2000) I'm > > ready > > > > to install my VB/ADO/ODBC/SAPDB application on my client's server (NT > > > > 4.00.1381). I downloaded all of the latest tools and database > software. > > I > > > > used all of the defaults on the installation and did all of the work > > under > > > > the administrator's account. At first blush everything has seemed to > > > install > > > > just fine. After making sure the services had started, I started up > the > > > SAP > > > > Database Manager and attempted to install a new database name BETA1 > > using > > > > the wizard. After entering the correct server name, administrator and > > > > password I get a DBM Wiz error message: "An error occurs by installing > > > > database 'BETA1' -24965 logon to system failed [user-system...]" > > > > > > > > Thinking that I obviously typed in something wrong for either of the 3 > > > > fields I rechecked everything and tried several more times with always > > the > > > > same results. I tried another user with admin permissions and got the > > same > > > > results. > > > > > > > > Any clues as to why I'm getting this error message and any suggestions > > on > > > > what I can do about it? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jon _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
