I need to install SQL Server MSDE 2000 SP4 on Windows 10.
I have other machines that run Windows 7 and 8.1 and SQL Server MSDE 2000 works fine (with merge replication configured too).
Now I testing the same scenario with Windows 10, but setup is closing unexpectedly during installation.
I know that this version is very old, but is there a workaround to install it on Windows 10?
Best Answer
I know of no hacks to get SQL Server 2000 to install on an existing Windows 10 installation. There are probably forces against you from both within the setup program (which looks for certain things on the host system) and within the operating system (which prevents many flavors of older software from getting installed, mostly for security reasons but also compatibility, stability, etc). I have tried in the past and even with compatibility override options I came across the same failures every time.
A couple of ideas:
In either case, firewall the crap out of that thing, because the most recent security patches for 2000 are hard to find, and the ones that I found wouldn't install anyway...