rsactivate error - trying to install on 2003 with Sharepoint servi

I am trying to install SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2003 box
that is running Sharepoint Services 2.0.
When you run the install you are warned that you will need to manually
initialize SQL Reporting because of Sharepoint and are referred to the
documentation. In the rssetup.chm there is an article entitled
"Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services and
Windows SharePoint Services". I followed these instructions, but when I get
to the last step where you run rsactivate, I get an error:
Failure starting the web service:
The service is already activated.
I did have reporting installed on this server once before but it was
uninstalled. I tried uninstalling reporting services when I got this error,
then tried again but I get the same result. I've been deleting the virtual
directories, the program files folder, and the databases before trying again.
I also noticed that two com + packages are left behind. If you don't remove
them the next installation adds two more. I removed all of them and tried
again but still the same result. I don't possess any knowledge of web
services so I'm not sure where to look next.
Can anyone help please?
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-JeffWhat error message do you see when viewing http://localhost/reportserver?
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"Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to install SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2003 box
> that is running Sharepoint Services 2.0.
> When you run the install you are warned that you will need to manually
> initialize SQL Reporting because of Sharepoint and are referred to the
> documentation. In the rssetup.chm there is an article entitled
> "Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services and
> Windows SharePoint Services". I followed these instructions, but when I
get
> to the last step where you run rsactivate, I get an error:
> Failure starting the web service:
> The service is already activated.
> I did have reporting installed on this server once before but it was
> uninstalled. I tried uninstalling reporting services when I got this
error,
> then tried again but I get the same result. I've been deleting the
virtual
> directories, the program files folder, and the databases before trying
again.
> I also noticed that two com + packages are left behind. If you don't
remove
> them the next installation adds two more. I removed all of them and tried
> again but still the same result. I don't possess any knowledge of web
> services so I'm not sure where to look next.
> Can anyone help please?
> --
> -Jeff|||Reporting Services Erro
----
The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access sensitive
or encrypted data in a report server database. You must either restore a
backup key or delete all encrypted content and then restart the service.
Check the documentation for more information. (rsReportServerDisabled) Get
Online Help
Bad Data.
----
Microsoft Reporting Services
"Brian Hartman [MSFT]" wrote:
> What error message do you see when viewing http://localhost/reportserver?
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> "Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9E8E9623-BDA7-469D-AA5B-6CA60C9E91D9@.microsoft.com...
> > I am trying to install SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2003 box
> > that is running Sharepoint Services 2.0.
> >
> > When you run the install you are warned that you will need to manually
> > initialize SQL Reporting because of Sharepoint and are referred to the
> > documentation. In the rssetup.chm there is an article entitled
> > "Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services and
> > Windows SharePoint Services". I followed these instructions, but when I
> get
> > to the last step where you run rsactivate, I get an error:
> >
> > Failure starting the web service:
> > The service is already activated.
> >
> > I did have reporting installed on this server once before but it was
> > uninstalled. I tried uninstalling reporting services when I got this
> error,
> > then tried again but I get the same result. I've been deleting the
> virtual
> > directories, the program files folder, and the databases before trying
> again.
> > I also noticed that two com + packages are left behind. If you don't
> remove
> > them the next installation adds two more. I removed all of them and tried
> > again but still the same result. I don't possess any knowledge of web
> > services so I'm not sure where to look next.
> >
> > Can anyone help please?
> >
> > --
> > -Jeff
>
>|||Try the following: rsactivate -r -c <config file>
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"Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Reporting Services Error
> ----
--
> The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access
sensitive
> or encrypted data in a report server database. You must either restore a
> backup key or delete all encrypted content and then restart the service.
> Check the documentation for more information. (rsReportServerDisabled) Get
> Online Help
> Bad Data.
> ----
--
> Microsoft Reporting Services
>
>
> "Brian Hartman [MSFT]" wrote:
> > What error message do you see when viewing
http://localhost/reportserver?
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
> >
> > "Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9E8E9623-BDA7-469D-AA5B-6CA60C9E91D9@.microsoft.com...
> > > I am trying to install SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2003
box
> > > that is running Sharepoint Services 2.0.
> > >
> > > When you run the install you are warned that you will need to manually
> > > initialize SQL Reporting because of Sharepoint and are referred to the
> > > documentation. In the rssetup.chm there is an article entitled
> > > "Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services and
> > > Windows SharePoint Services". I followed these instructions, but when
I
> > get
> > > to the last step where you run rsactivate, I get an error:
> > >
> > > Failure starting the web service:
> > > The service is already activated.
> > >
> > > I did have reporting installed on this server once before but it was
> > > uninstalled. I tried uninstalling reporting services when I got this
> > error,
> > > then tried again but I get the same result. I've been deleting the
> > virtual
> > > directories, the program files folder, and the databases before trying
> > again.
> > > I also noticed that two com + packages are left behind. If you don't
> > remove
> > > them the next installation adds two more. I removed all of them and
tried
> > > again but still the same result. I don't possess any knowledge of web
> > > services so I'm not sure where to look next.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help please?
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Jeff
> >
> >
> >|||Excellent!!!! That did it. I could swear I'd already tried that and almost
replied with that, but I thought I should try again. I wonder if I tried
that before I deleted the extra com + packages. Is that possible? Do you
understand what happened here, because it would be nice to be able to explain
it to my co-workers?
Thanks so much,
-Jeff
"Brian Hartman [MSFT]" wrote:
> Try the following: rsactivate -r -c <config file>
> --
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> "Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A621959A-B70F-480C-9E06-7C114758DE57@.microsoft.com...
> > Reporting Services Error
> > ----
> --
> >
> > The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access
> sensitive
> > or encrypted data in a report server database. You must either restore a
> > backup key or delete all encrypted content and then restart the service.
> > Check the documentation for more information. (rsReportServerDisabled) Get
> > Online Help
> > Bad Data.
> >
> > ----
> --
> > Microsoft Reporting Services
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Brian Hartman [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> > > What error message do you see when viewing
> http://localhost/reportserver?
> > >
> > > --
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
> > >
> > > "Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:9E8E9623-BDA7-469D-AA5B-6CA60C9E91D9@.microsoft.com...
> > > > I am trying to install SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2003
> box
> > > > that is running Sharepoint Services 2.0.
> > > >
> > > > When you run the install you are warned that you will need to manually
> > > > initialize SQL Reporting because of Sharepoint and are referred to the
> > > > documentation. In the rssetup.chm there is an article entitled
> > > > "Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services and
> > > > Windows SharePoint Services". I followed these instructions, but when
> I
> > > get
> > > > to the last step where you run rsactivate, I get an error:
> > > >
> > > > Failure starting the web service:
> > > > The service is already activated.
> > > >
> > > > I did have reporting installed on this server once before but it was
> > > > uninstalled. I tried uninstalling reporting services when I got this
> > > error,
> > > > then tried again but I get the same result. I've been deleting the
> > > virtual
> > > > directories, the program files folder, and the databases before trying
> > > again.
> > > > I also noticed that two com + packages are left behind. If you don't
> > > remove
> > > > them the next installation adds two more. I removed all of them and
> tried
> > > > again but still the same result. I don't possess any knowledge of web
> > > > services so I'm not sure where to look next.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone help please?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>|||I don't think the COM+ changes had anything to do with this. At some point,
you ran or installed something that reset the password on your ASPNet
account. Installing a version of the .Net framework will do this. So will
running aspnet_regiis. When the password is reset (reset = changed without
supplying the original one) on an account, the decryption keys associated
with that account are lost. There is probably an event in your windows
event log that indicates this happened.
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"Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Excellent!!!! That did it. I could swear I'd already tried that and
almost
> replied with that, but I thought I should try again. I wonder if I tried
> that before I deleted the extra com + packages. Is that possible? Do you
> understand what happened here, because it would be nice to be able to
explain
> it to my co-workers?
> Thanks so much,
> -Jeff
> "Brian Hartman [MSFT]" wrote:
> > Try the following: rsactivate -r -c <config file>
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
> >
> > "Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A621959A-B70F-480C-9E06-7C114758DE57@.microsoft.com...
> > > Reporting Services Error
> >
> ----
> > --
> > >
> > > The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access
> > sensitive
> > > or encrypted data in a report server database. You must either restore
a
> > > backup key or delete all encrypted content and then restart the
service.
> > > Check the documentation for more information. (rsReportServerDisabled)
Get
> > > Online Help
> > > Bad Data.
> > >
> >
> ----
> > --
> > > Microsoft Reporting Services
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Brian Hartman [MSFT]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > What error message do you see when viewing
> > http://localhost/reportserver?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights
> > > >
> > > > "Jeffffffffff" <Jeffffffffff@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > > > news:9E8E9623-BDA7-469D-AA5B-6CA60C9E91D9@.microsoft.com...
> > > > > I am trying to install SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server
2003
> > box
> > > > > that is running Sharepoint Services 2.0.
> > > > >
> > > > > When you run the install you are warned that you will need to
manually
> > > > > initialize SQL Reporting because of Sharepoint and are referred to
the
> > > > > documentation. In the rssetup.chm there is an article entitled
> > > > > "Troubleshooting a Side-by-Side Installation of Reporting Services
and
> > > > > Windows SharePoint Services". I followed these instructions, but
when
> > I
> > > > get
> > > > > to the last step where you run rsactivate, I get an error:
> > > > >
> > > > > Failure starting the web service:
> > > > > The service is already activated.
> > > > >
> > > > > I did have reporting installed on this server once before but it
was
> > > > > uninstalled. I tried uninstalling reporting services when I got
this
> > > > error,
> > > > > then tried again but I get the same result. I've been deleting
the
> > > > virtual
> > > > > directories, the program files folder, and the databases before
trying
> > > > again.
> > > > > I also noticed that two com + packages are left behind. If you
don't
> > > > remove
> > > > > them the next installation adds two more. I removed all of them
and
> > tried
> > > > > again but still the same result. I don't possess any knowledge of
web
> > > > > services so I'm not sure where to look next.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone help please?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > -Jeff
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >|||On the start menu go to microsoft sqlserver then to reporting services
and open the help. click in installing notification services and you
will find the pathes there.