After a restart; I deleted the SQLServerConfigManager short cut. That fixed the issue.

RonKin

Will do that. Thanks for your help and have a great afternoon.

RonKin

No logs with any information pertinent to the issue; the logs only showed activity until 7AM. After about 4 hours of researching the internet I came across a blog, which...

Will do 🙂

I'm going to uninstall SQL and reboot and start the install again.

RonKin

I'm going to unistall Sql, reboot and try the install again. Topic closed.

RonKin

Thank you.

Ok,

Yes, the first node is working as a single node

Roshan-Joe, You are my hero! 😀

Thank you, thank you, thank you,

RonKin

Thank you, I just read it. Does this mean I DON"T have to reinstall SQLCluster1? That would be a big blessing to me to NOT have to reinstall SQLCLUSTER1.

Would this be before or after the install of SQL Server? Does this mean that both instances will have to be reinstalled?

No Sir, I am trying to acheive a 2 node cluster.

Thank you, that's what I thought, but wasn't sure.

KR,

RonKin

Will do. Thank you for your help.

RonKin

I now see said the blind man,:-)

Here's another question? What happens when I go to install SQL Server 2005 on the second instance as a failover node? Would mmc.exe affect the reinstall?

Thanks,

RonKin