I finally got it working! Some other software wasn't playing nice (not sure exactly which one) - I went into msconfig and disabled all non-critical services / software and the...

Dell built the system. Looking at the release dates of all the driver updates on Dell's website (earliest is 3/2008), the 630i looks like it may be a relatively new...

These are different machines; the target machine is a (brand new) Dell XPS 630i (the machines it worked on were Dell Dimension 4700 & Latitude D630). Per you advice, I...

RAM and diskspace are definitely not the issue (4GB RAM, 400+ GB free disk space). The machine has XP Pro Version 2002 SP 2; this is the same version of...

Can I simply perform a restore on a single DB?  Won't I need to restore the "master" database as well?  If not, wouldn't it cause a problem? ( I seem...

Currently, I use an Access .mdb with linked tables to contacts folder and the SQL server table, and I simply run an append query to achieve the desired result,...

unfortunately, I did not find the msdn site very helpful.  I am relatively new to SQL server, and some of the content seemed foreign to me (CoTypes, MAPI content classes,...

Is this the best way to get a return value from a function?  Doesn't this require me to write a procedure to execute the function first?  (kind of a roundabout...

OK, I got it...in my haste, I had selected the deny roles in the master DB...problem solved

I logged in as another sysadmin user and removed the sysadmin role from my (original) login.  Now when I try to connect to SQL server (using my original login), I...

Even when I create the view without the WHERE clause, and without the "WITH CHECK CONSTRAINT" option (below), I still get the same error message.  Also, I specifically want the...

I have explicity set the username for my login (after changing the db owner):

USE MYDB

sp_adduser @loginame = 'MYDOMAIN\me', @name_in_db = 'me'

Is there another way to explicitly map my login to a username that is...