Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/28/05 00:16

RT (rajeev@tipnis.net) writes:
> I've been struggling with this problem as well (trying to install
> SQLServer 2000 on Windows XP-Pro).
>
> "An error occurred while creating one or more registry entries. Please
> see C:\Windows\sqlstp.log for details. The problem could be caused by a
> low registry quota condition."
>
> On XP at least the registry quota is not relevant as there is no
> registry quota on XP. The registry permissions are the likely problem -
> however, I've tried the various things already:
> - Logged in as local administrator and tried to install (get the same
> problem).
>
> - Gave permissions to the user for the various registries
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSSQLServer
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer
> (and still see the same problem).
>
> If anyone else has seen this and found a fix, I'd appreciate if they
> could post it here. Thanks

According to
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22low+registry+quota+condition%22&hl=sv&
lr=&scoring=r&selm=9fd301c19e36%248aad4b80%2419ef2ecf%40tkmsftngxa01&rnum=1
it seems that you if grant rights to admin to the key
Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Client\ConnectTo you may get by as admin.

See also
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22low+registry+quota+condition%22&hl=sv&
lr=&scoring=r&selm=R2HpX4knBHA.2120%40cpmsftngxa07&rnum=2

Searching "low registry quota condition" on the regular Google
search I find a few more hits, and may give some clues.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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