On 10/19/05, Amy Babinchak <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looks like I might have it resolved. 5 PSS guys and 3 days later. At > least I don't call with easy questions! I'll know tomorrow for sure but > apparently the install was unable to create the MSDE instance because > the performance counters were corrupt. Oddly, they worked in the corrupt > state but new ones couldn't be added. I'm going to re-try the ISA > install tomorrow evening but I'm very optimistic that this will have > resolved the problem. Classic Microsoft-ism. Error messages with no insight to the problem. Was this a paid support incident? Please do post the solution when you have a moment, or at least how to avoid it the same problem. Thank you Amy, ...D