I have Windows 7 and am running Avast anti-virus software. Avast is configured to ignore the executables related to SQLServer.
3 or 4 days a week after booting up my computer, SQLServer fails. Error message says it is not running. I am unable to start/restart the services from the Services panel.
I have to restart the computer to get SQLServer running.
Is anyone else having this issue and how can I determine what is interfering with SQLServer during the bootup process?