Yeah thanks works through QA not EM. Issue is I want users to use EM not QA. I'll have to do further investigation but I think its a problem with...

Thanks retook and passed with 893. Gonna hold out now for the 2005 upgrade exams. And pass my Oracle ones for now.

The last response did the trick. Many thanks.

Thanks cppwiz -good advice. Hopefully I'll soon be posting good news. You were right about the exhibits. I literally finished with a minute to go. I got bogged down with...

Yeah sure, book the exam and I'll even attempt it for you. Dude, don't rely on anyone else to do the work for you. The benefit of any exam is...

Thanks alot everyone for their thoughts & advice. Gonna swot hard for a week and retake. Its interesting to hear everyones thoughts.

Thanks yes I guessed I was about 4-5 marks off. I was surprised over the length of the q's all the mocks I had made were generally 2 line sentences....

Youre right, I feel that I couldn't have prepared anymore for the exam. I userd measure up tests ( don't recommend) and read thoroughly several books as well as having...

K thanks for the advice.

Since bringing the offline db back on-line then everything is back to normal.

Thanks for everyones support.

Yes, doesnt help as I want to remove the database hence I took it offline. Would like to delete but worried of a nasty consequence.

This was my issue

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.server/browse_thread/thread/3612fc6d46548635/c728290bf2776908?q=corrupted+version+column+in+master&_done=%2Fgroups%3Fq%3Dcorrupted+version+column+in+master%26hl%3Den%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#c728290bf2776908

Thanks, funny thing is the event viewer for the server is completely empty.Likewise I have no idea why this is happening. I'll keep this thread open until fixed.

So was this the resolution? I have exactly the same issue. Overnight I can no longer view any databases or anything under the management folder using anyuser id inc sa....

Thanks for the pointer. Sadly non help. Think it may be a permission issue on the master database but somehow doubt it. V confused.