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I'm assuming you are seeing this on a CRM installation? &nbsp;I'll also assume CRM 4.0? &nbsp;Is the Server or Client?<br />
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What kind of rights do you have on SQL? &nbsp;Is SQL on the same domain? &nbsp;What Protocols are open on SQL?<br />

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I'm assuming you are seeing this on a CRM installation?  I'll also assume CRM 4.0?  Is the Server or Client?

What kind of rights do you have on SQL?  Is SQL on the same domain?  What Protocols are open on SQL?


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I'm getting this error when running the CRM configuration on the client. &nbsp;Is it CRM 4.<br />
One Domain.<br />
I'm not good with SQL so I don't have the answers to the other two questions.<br />

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I'm getting this error when running the CRM configuration on the client.  Is it CRM 4.
One Domain.
I'm not good with SQL so I don't have the answers to the other two questions.


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Ah, so you must be configuring the OFFLINE client.<br />
What is the architecture and OS? What are your rights on the machine? &nbsp;Any disk compression being used?<br />
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Are you trying to upgrade or clean install? &nbsp;Was it at any time installed for anyone else on this computer?<br />

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Ah, so you must be configuring the OFFLINE client.
What is the architecture and OS? What are your rights on the machine?  Any disk compression being used?

Are you trying to upgrade or clean install?  Was it at any time installed for anyone else on this computer?


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XP Pro, Domain Admin, No compression, clean install, no other users on this machine.<br />

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XP Pro, Domain Admin, No compression, clean install, no other users on this machine.


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Interesting. &nbsp;Anything else on the machine that might have been installing/using SQL Express (of any version/flavor?)<br />
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Interesting.  Anything else on the machine that might have been installing/using SQL Express (of any version/flavor?)



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How do I get around this error in CRM? Action Microsoft.crm.config.common.installdatabaseaction failed.  The network path was not found.

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