I am pretty much at a loss here, this should be easy. All I am trying to do is install a simple instance of SQL 2008 R2 Express on a Windows 2K8 x64 Server. No luck. The domain name is COPPER, the ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

1. Change registry key SqlCluster in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup\ from 1 to 0 2. Disable TCP/IP in Server Network Protocols and enabled Named Pipes from ...

The Developer Edition of SQL Server is not set up for Remote connections by default so I had to enable TCP/IP in the SQL Configuration Manager for the Database Servers.