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<blockquote data-quote="abrogard" data-source="post: 1021070" data-attributes="member: 105350">I'm trying to install MediaPortal for the first time and it gets to a certain point and then it tells me it can't log in to my database servers.&nbsp;Of which I'm fairly ignorant.&nbsp;But I have MS SQL Server 2005 and MySQL 5.&nbsp;I don't really understand MediaPortal Installer's screen at that point - the details of which database, the host, the 'dependency' , the 'schema' etc.&nbsp;Okay, it's all prefilled for MS SQL and that'd be fine if it would connect but it can't.&nbsp;So then I guess I need to refill and point it to MySQL might get around the problem. But that's when I don't know what to write in the fields.&nbsp;So back to MS SQL and try to get it working.&nbsp;I find the SQL manager in Control Panel and I see that SQL Server 2005 (SQLExpress) is Stopped but SQL server Browser is running.&nbsp;I try to start SQLExpress but it won't start.&nbsp;I look in the application event log and see that it couldn't write/read some files such as 'master.mdf' - access denied.&nbsp;That's all I know.&nbsp;This is the 'one click' installation I'm trying to do.&nbsp;Could anyone help me with a bit of direction or explanation of likely causes of this, course of action I should take?&nbsp;&nbsp;regards,&nbsp;ab</blockquote>

[QUOTE="abrogard, post: 1021070, member: 105350"] I'm trying to install MediaPortal for the first time and it gets to a certain point and then it tells me it can't log in to my database servers. Of which I'm fairly ignorant. But I have MS SQL Server 2005 and MySQL 5. I don't really understand MediaPortal Installer's screen at that point - the details of which database, the host, the 'dependency' , the 'schema' etc. Okay, it's all prefilled for MS SQL and that'd be fine if it would connect but it can't. So then I guess I need to refill and point it to MySQL might get around the problem. But that's when I don't know what to write in the fields. So back to MS SQL and try to get it working. I find the SQL manager in Control Panel and I see that SQL Server 2005 (SQLExpress) is Stopped but SQL server Browser is running. I try to start SQLExpress but it won't start. I look in the application event log and see that it couldn't write/read some files such as 'master.mdf' - access denied. That's all I know. This is the 'one click' installation I'm trying to do. Could anyone help me with a bit of direction or explanation of likely causes of this, course of action I should take? regards, ab [/QUOTE]

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