installing MSDE?

Hello!

In the setup of MSDE I need to edit the ini file. Well when I do it looks as if the installation was complete, but there is no MSDE services application and the actual services are on the box(I can start/stop them). Could someone show me what the edited ini file needs to have to be sure the install is complete? Or maybe there's something else that I need to do and just don't know about.

Many thanks.Not sure I understand what the problem is.

Is it MSDE 1.0 or MSDE 2000?

Is the OS NT or Win2k or 9x/ME?

Can you see if the MSSQLSERVER service is running?
You can check this easily by running sqlmangr.exe