LicenseWatch FAQ

There is already an Instance of MSDE on the machine!

The LicenseWatch Setup program does not support creating an instance of MSDE if other MSDE instances exist on the machine.

It is usually not a good idea to use an existing instance of MSDE for LicenseWatch, because it is often installed by other systems such as BackUpExec. Such a database server may be configured differently and it can be difficult to manage the database or even get access to it.

We recommend using a different server or setting up a new SQL Server.