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  • Media manager fails to initialize.

    Posted by Frank Manno on June 27, 2005 at 8:53 am

    I’m making a mess of this new 6.0b install 🙁

    1st attempt and windows freezes up on install with 2 seconds remaining at the
    ‘Microsoft SQL server desktop engine’ window. ‘Please wait while windows configures
    microsoft SQL server’.

    I reboot and I get an SQL server error and media manager errors.

    So I uninstall and do a re install.. This time it doesn’t freeze up and media manager
    installs fine but when I start up Vegas I get an error telling me that Media Manager has
    failed to initialize.

    Hmmm..

    This is a clean 6.0b install. 6.0a was never on this machine.

    -Frankie

    Edward Troxel replied 20 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Edward Troxel

    June 27, 2005 at 1:27 pm

    Uninstall the Media Manager
    Uninstall the Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (Sony_Mediamgr)
    Try installing again.

    Edward Troxel
    JETDV Scripts

  • Frank Manno

    June 28, 2005 at 12:59 am

    I can’t work out how to uninstall the SQL server!

    Media manager is uninstalled but SQL server is still running..

    It isn’t in ‘add rrmove programs’

    -Frankie

    >Uninstall the Media Manager
    >Uninstall the Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (Sony_Mediamgr)
    >Try installing again.

  • Edward Troxel

    June 28, 2005 at 1:59 am

    Then just try installing Vegas again. Make sure you’re using 6.0b.

    Sony tech support also has some tools to help diagnose problems in this area. If this doesn’t work, you may want to contact tech support.

    Edward Troxel
    JETDV Scripts

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