Thanks! That is a good starting point that I can work with.

One of my fellow DBAs also noticed stat update and procedure cache issues. I should be able to find...

I think I found the answer.

Even when one wants to use SSL/443 (as we do), apparently the subscriptions page starts erroring out if you take out port 80 in the...

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Just to follow up - the .NET 3.5 Framework did the trick. The mail queue is now sending emails.

Thanks again for your feedback!

-- webrunner

Thanks for your responses.

I think I found the issue by running through the info at the page below. It looks like I need to get .NET Framework 3.5 added...

PS I think I got the specific solution for my issue. It was sort of internet related, but specifically I needed to set TLS 1.2.

Thanks again!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/trying-to-install-program-using-powershell-and/4c3ac2b2-ebd4-4b2a-a673-e283827da143

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Hi Frederico,

Thanks for this info!

-- webrunner

Hi Jeffrey,

Wow, thanks! I will try out your suggestion - if it works, it would definitely be a lot easier not to try to drop the databases or restore anything...

@rod at work I totally understand. I do have a slightly different perspective in that I was moved from a cubicle office with relatively few people to a...

Great issue to bring up. Work was already getting increasingly intrusive before the Covid pandemic. Over the past year, that intrusiveness has escalated. Some intrusion is the nature of the...

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by  webrunner.

Thanks!! I have marked your response as the answer.

-- webrunner

The more I learn about SQL Server (mostly through painful lessons lol), the more I find it useful to consider somewhat higher-level interview questions.

Things like version control. Not necessarily product...

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your feedback. I will look into the comments issue. I can see the view definition, but I am sysadmin so that makes sense. I will test with...

It may be some time before the full impact of any tech comprises from the Capitol insurrection are made clear. Stolen laptops, passwords, hidden cameras or recording devices may have...

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  webrunner.

Thanks for your reply, Andy. I don't recall exactly, but basically I downloaded VS 2017 Community Edition to my local computer, ran some steps to get the offline files, then...

Thanks, Brian, for your response.

That being said, why do you need this installed on a server?  I don't think I have ever installed visual studio on a server.  I always...