Credentials for the SQL Server Agent service are invalid

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I m trying to install SQL Server 2008 development server on my local machine as administrator   During the installation I receive this error  any idea how to solve it thanks      Error Message    The credentials you provided for the SQL Server Agent service are invalid  To continue  provide a valid account and password for the SQL   Server Agent service        Details    Microsoft SqlServer Configuration Agent InputValidationException  The credentials you provided for the SQL Server Agent service are   invalid  To continue  provide a valid account and password for the SQL   Server Agent service

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Under the  Account Name  Drop Box choose Browse   Type the user name that you used to log in to windows on the  Enter the object name to select  and then click  Check Names   Click  Ok   Under  Password  just type the password that you used for windows login

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I had a domain account with a strong password  but it didn  t work  then I used Network Service account  I tried to change it on SQL Server Configuration Manager after installation and it worked

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In my case password was expired  Change the password and try the step again

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You might encounter one of these three problems    Password Policy Violation  find valuable information here  https   msdn microsoft com en-us library ms161959 aspx Password not starting with a  character  Domain Service User s account might be locked    A blog post with the summary for all three possible problems might be found here  https   cms4j wordpress com 2016 11 29 0x851c0001-the-credentials-you-provided-for-the-sqlserveragent-service-is-invalid

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I found I had to be logged in as a domain user    It gave me this error when I was logged in as local machine Administrator and trying to add domain service account   Logged in as domain user  but admin on machine  and it accepted the credentials

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I ve had this error as a result of trying to use a cloned VM that had the same SID as the domain   The two options to fix it were  sysprep  or rebuild  the database server OR dcpromo the DC down and back up to change the domain SID

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Well I have been battling to understand why  when at the Account section of the installation of a second node  the system will not accept the password I used to log in  I have been scratching my head - reading every post under the sun all to no avail   I did notice that some service accounts were given as service instname instno FDNdomain com and others were given as DOMAIN service instname instno  the latter being the Win2000 version   I also noticed comments about strength of password so I thought - I can do that so I changed the password to a much higher strength and RDC in to the server - with new password and thought - best to update the services on the existing node first  I stopped the service  clicked on password and pasted in from the clipboard -  can t go wrong eh   ha ha says Windows   Got ya   it wouldn t accept the password - that I just logged in with  I clicked on browse to select the service account and VOILA  the account name changed to the DOMAIN user version and readily accepted the password  I then repeated the exercise on the other service  I then found that the node installation would continue  after backing up and forward through the process  to pick up the new name format and accepted the passwords without complaint   I think the moral of this experience is to use the wizards and select through the  browse  button rather than manually entering the service name   I hope my experience saves someone else the pain I went through   Still Confused

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There seem to be several problems that can cause this symptom  To tell them apart  one needs to look in the setup log files in  PROGRAMFILES  Microsoft SQL Server  versionnumber  Setup Bootstrap Log  probably Detail txt   According to this article  when running the installer as a local administrator and trying to use a domain account for the service  it may claim that the credentials are invalid because the local administrator does not have sufficient permissions in the domain to look up the service account s SID  This was the main problem I was encountering  and it might be what was affecting the original poster a year and a half ago

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Use the credential that you use to login to PC  Username can be searched by Clicking in sequence  Advanced - gt  Find - gt  Choose your Username - gt   e g  JOHNSMITH HP John  Password must be same as your windows login password  There you go

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the button  Use same account  below thee main window will fill in all the textboxes automatically  this worked fpr me

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I had a VM that was server 2012 and I had to change the nic to VMXNET 3  It wasn t connecting to the domain fast enough for the services to start I guess

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I solved using as credential built-in accounts as the NetworkService  this article point me out in the right direction http   www sqlcoffee com SQLServer2008 0013 htm

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In my case it was more of a Microsoft bug  than an actual issue  I installed under the Administrator login and used strong password btw but I was still getting this error constantly   I tried to install with Windows credential without entering the password  but that did not go through either  Was getting the same error   Then I cleared all password textboxes manually and copies the correct password in each text box  Hit enter  and it went through   The error was most likely misleading

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Taking SQL Server cluster role offline-Online on node 1 worked for me

[sql-server] Credentials for the SQL Server Agent service are invalid

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