Script restart service?

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Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Mike Risoli" wrote:
> Hello all,
> I developed a script that was launched using psexec to read through the
> “Add/Remove” programs. Because a majority of our servers are Windows 2003,
> I
> had to enable the “WMI Windows Installer Provider” via the script. I did
> this
> as follows:
> sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /r /q /u:"answer.txt"
> The answer file is:
> [Components]
> WbemMSI=on
> On about half of our SQL Server boxes, the SQL Service was stopped.
> When I reviewed these servers, I noticed all the failed boxes were
> running:
> Windows 2003 SP1
> SQL 2000
> The servers running SQL 2005, worked without issue.
> The difference between this list is .Net related. It seems that all the
> .Net
> 2.0 servers (whether installed via R2 or SQL 2005) are ok, but the .Net
> 1.1
> and higher (Windows 2003 SP1 or SQL 2000) had restarted services.
> My questions is:
> Why would enabling the “WMI Windows Installer Provider” cause the SQL
> Service to stop/restart?
> --
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
Thanks Dave. Based on the issue, I wasn't sure where to post this.
Any help by the group would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Try asking them here. x-posted to: public.sqlserver.server
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.sqlserver.server& cat=en_US_671e06d0-f20d-4bb3-9c6a-42c825ddb1dc&lang=en&cr=US[/url]
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> "Mike Risoli" wrote:
>
|||Thanks Dave. Based on the issue, I wasn't sure where to post this.
Any help by the group would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Try asking them here. x-posted to: public.sqlserver.server
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.sqlserver.server& cat=en_US_671e06d0-f20d-4bb3-9c6a-42c825ddb1dc&lang=en&cr=US[/url]
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Patrick ...Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> "Mike Risoli" wrote:
>