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Yes I can see the instance in configuration manager, I can also start the service and I can see the instance during the uninstall process. ...

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I fixed it this morning by chaning the service account from a local windows account to a AD domain account. Now everything is...

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I will check the permissions again, but I am sure i gave the SQL Server Service account full control to the folders....

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Yes the browser service is running and No i have not checked the SPN. I will check that next to see why this has...

BTW yes I was able to Ping the instance name and its IP address and do an NSLOOKUP and it all worked fine.

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I am new to VCS and dont know much about it nor have i used the knowlege base, but started looking at it over the...

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Thank you very much for the help. Next time i will use XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to move the data.

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No there is not UAC on these servers as far as I know.

Crazy, but we do not have a test system here and building it requires Developer support. When i mention it I get barked at.

I will plan to...

I dont understand how information like this is free because It is worth millions. Thank you very much.

You have given me lots to think about and I will...

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I printed the artical on setting up the Alias and will present the idea to the team and the developers. ...

I am working on migrating an SQL Cluster from Windows Server 2003 SQL 2005 to Windows Server 2008 SQL 2005 and I am considering doing the following:

Install Windows Server...

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