Those of us that pay for the content should be the ones that have access to
it, no one else. The reason we pay for it is to be able to solve problems
that may arise. Why should someone who thinks the maintenance isn't worth
paying for get it for free when the rest of us paid for it? Only those of us
paying for it should have access until they make these articles available to
everyone for free, which isn't going to happen.
Craig
I have never had success with this, but I agree that it is definitely worth
a try before uninstall/reinstall.
One thing I always found bizarre is that Microsoft wants to hide the
solution to a problem with thier software. Doing something with MS software
on a MS operating system corrupts another MS product's ability to run... and
they want to hide the solution.
I have a mind to just post the article here. Does anyone who pays for this
content really care if the rest of the world knows?
Jason,
I've fixed this many times with either the KB article here;
http://tinyurl.com/yaxnc2 or by running a repair of RMS.
One program I ran into recently that whacked RMS out was Thunderbird.
--
Jeff
Check Point Software
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You must be using Outlook Express/Windows Mail or some other type of
newsgroup reader to
see and download the file attachment(s). If you are not using a reader,
follow
the link below to setup Outlook Express. Click on "Open with newsreader"
under the MS Retail Management System on the right.
http://tinyurl.com/75bgz
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Had this many times before. Something in your MSDE installation got
overwritten probably.
If this is your server computer, BACK UP your data - manually if you have
to. I can't stress this enough. You will need to restore your database
later... I would actualyl find the .mdf and .ldf files themselves and back
them up. Search this forum to get previous threads on this. If this is just
a POS or back office computer, no worries. Just follow the directions below.
From Control Panel/Add Remove Programs:
- Remove RMS
- Remove MSDE
Restart computer
- Reinstall MSDE (it will do it automatically if it is not found during RMS
installation)
- Reinstall RMS
It seems that some software installations, including Windows Updates and
other Microsoft software installations, corrupt part of the MSDE
configuration or files. This is the only procedure I have found to correct
the problem. You might find posts about re-registering dll files, but this
has never worked for me.
Good luck!
