Thanks for teaching at LaunchCode and to the students there, be sure to thank Kathi for her time and excellent knowledge.

To all of you out there that know me and to those that do not, because it doesn't matter one way or the other, just be good to each other. ...

Kind of like cleaning house.  You feel like keeping it, but if you haven't used it or even opened the box in the past 5 years, then let it go. ...

Happy, Blessed, and Safe Holidays to all the SQL Team.  OK, to all of you...

There may be times, but in his infinite wisdom, Paul rarely says "It depends" to Kimberly.

I believe it is exactly what occurs in John's case. Thanks for the idea. I will try running Adam's whoisactive script when I next get the error.

As a...

I too get the error, but not every time that I run it. If I catch the culprit, I will let you know.

I am using 9.00.4262.00 (X64).

The...

Ask you network admin to open up the port (usually 1433) on the server. Something the SQL Server install team doesn't mention for 2003 or 2008 OS Server installs.