set COLLATION parameter when you run msde Setup : setup COLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AI" DATADIR="C:\" TARGETDIR="C:\Programmi\Microsoft SQL Server\" /L*v C:\msdelog.txt SAPWD="[your passw]" Latin1_General_CI_AI means Case_Insensitive Accent_Insensitive you can specify also CI_AI_KI for Katana an so on.. option not specified means default value. darx

OK now. The error was in Scheduling a Job: the Step should have been of type Operating System Command (CmdExec), NOT Transact SQL Script (TSQL), as the DTS package itself is ActiveX VB Script. The problem has been resolved. Best Bigfootguy