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Template file name: Specify a name for the template file, for example,

template.ini.

Select MSSQL 2005 components: Use this pane to select the SQL Server

components that you want to install. To install the entire product, select

the first line, “SQL Server Product.” You can select or deselect

components as necessary.

Enter Properties: Specify the logon account and password for each SQL

Server component that you selected. (We recommend that you use a

Domain account.) You can resize this pane if necessary. Note the

following:

• If the account name is the same for multiple components, you can

copy and paste it; however, you must type the password for each

account.

• An encrypted version of the password is saved in the <template>.ini

file.

If you are installing a retail version of SQL Server 2005, be sure to enter

the product key provided with your software.

NOTE: The product key is required for all retail versions of SQL Server

2005. If you do not specify a product key, the installer will add a

sample product key (“PID=123456789ABCD”) to the template.ini

file.

However, MSDN versions of SQL Server 2005 already have the

product keys embedded in the installation files. In this case, you

will need to manually remove the sample product key that the

installer added to the template.ini file. Using the default sample

product key (or any product key) with MSDN versions of SQL

Server 2005 will cause the MxDB for SQL Server installer to return

an error (even if the unattended installation completed

successfully).

When you have completed your entries, click the Record button.

When the recording is complete, you will see a message specifying the

locations of the <template>.ini file and the SQL Server 2005 base files.