The installation may fail and you may receive an error message when you try to install the DTS redistributable package for SQL Server 2005 on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4-based computer (911936)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium Based Systems
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard X64 Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install the Data Transformation Services (DTS) redistributable package for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 4 (SP4)-based computer, the installation may fail. Additionally, you may receive the following error message:
Impossible to register the module <Drive_Letter>: \Program Files \Microsoft SQL Server\80 \Tools \Binn \dtsui.DLL. HRESULT -2147024770. Contact your service of technical support.
The error code corresponding to the following message: The specified module could not be found.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when you try to install the DTS redistributable package for SQL Server 2005 on a computer that is running Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or an earlier version. The DTS redistributable package for SQL Server 2005 requires the Sqlunirl.dll file. The Sqlunirl.dll file does not exist in MDAC 2.6 or earlier versions.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must install or upgrade to MDAC 2.8. SQL Server 2005 requires at least MDAC 2.8. For more information about MDAC 2.8, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c050fe3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c

For more information about the installation requirements for SQL Server 2005, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

910228 SQL Server 2005 Readme and installation requirements

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/5/2006
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