Hi,

Installed as an Administrator using a domain XP7.



On 27 Apr 2004 19:23:37 -0700, rajchoud@hotmail.com (Raj) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm a newbie with SQL Server 2000 Developer. I know that it is
>supposed to install on Windows XP Pro, but I keep running into the
>following message:
>
>"The logon account cannot be validated for the SQL Server service.
>Validate ...".
>
>I've looked for help and taken the advise of trying the user
>"Administrator", but that does not help. Initially I tried making a
>new user called "sqlserver" with Administrator access, but that didn't
>work.
>
>Can someone please help. Ideally step by step from where I am.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Raj