I obviously don't understand all of how the server works and how I'm supposed to manage it, so please bear with me.

From where should I "look at the services and see...

Quote: "Does your MSDE Service start as Local Service Account or domain account? When you start the Service maually, what login account did you use?"

I'm not sure I understand your...

Hi SQLBill.

Thanks for your answer. I tried that, but unfortunately they both are the same versions...

I guess it must be something else, but what?

/Daniel

Hi again,

After having uninstalled/installed MSDE a couple of times to understand what happens, I have to revise what I previously have said a bit.

After installing MSDE, the server doesn't start....

Hi,

In a frustrated moment I cross posted this question , so maybe it's better to continue in this thread:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=5&messageid=131853

Sorry...

/Daniel

Hi,

I have checked in the control panel, and it's set to automatic and running. The name of the service is MSSQL$NETSDK.

When typing 'net start mssql$netsdk' in the command prompt I get...