Setting up MSDE with PHP

  • Download it and run it to extract it
  • Open up a command prompt
  • cd \\MSDERelA
  • setup.exe SQLSECURITY=1 SAPWD=yoursecretpassword
  • cd \\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\80\\Tools\\Binn
  • SVRNETCN.exe
    • - enable TCP
  • net start mssqlserver