"You do not have exclusive access..."
Upon opening an MSAccess database, I (and other users) get the error message "You do not have exclusive access to the database at this time. If you proceed...." . We actually have to acknowledge...
View ArticleSQL 2012 changing instance from Ent to Standard
Hi All,I have downloaded & installed Enterprise instance of SQL 2012 (The bits were downloaded from MSDN) is there a way to convert this instance to standard without the loss of data or re...
View ArticleUnable to install SSMS SQL 2014 on windows 7 (vc_red.msi)
I encountered a problem installing (on windows 7) the SSMS from the Management Studio 2014 Express installer .The installer is asking me to enter an alternate path for vc_red.msi.I used the browser and...
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SQL Server Express won't Upgrade from 2012 to 2014
The upgrade process fails telling me I require SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 or later is required, but I have it installed.The image below shows the error and my Windows Update history with the update...
View ArticleSQL Services - Built in account or different account
Hi Please let me know that as per best practices under which service account should sql services (database engine, agent, integration,reporting, analysis etc) should run 1 Local System2. Local...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 Service Pack failed on cluster environment
Hi All,In my environment we are planing to upgrade from SQL 2008 SP3 to SP4 but we getting error in Active\Passive cluster.Any risks if we do not upgrade SQL to SP4 from SQL perspective(risks,...
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Error while applying SQL server 2008 SP4
Hi Friends,I am trying to apply SQL server 2008 SP4 to my instance. I am getting below error after the "check files in use" tab and i am not able to progress further.When i check in the setupbootstrap...
View Articlecluster instance name already exists
I am trying to install SQL 2012 clustered services (first install of SQL on this MS Server 2012R2 cluster). The AD objects have already been created (Nodes, Cluster Alias, and SQL network name). This...
View ArticleProblem cannot open SQL 2012 error exception has been thrown by the target of...
i cannot fix this problem .. hmm.. please help me
View ArticleHow to restore SQL Server 2008 R2 databases on SQL Server 2012
Hi everybody,After long installation process I was finally successful in installing SQL Server 2012. So, my first idea was to try installing out databases and testing our application against it. But...
View ArticleProblems installing SQL Server 2014 - There was a failure to calculate the...
Hi,After googling frantically for a solution to my problem I decided to try to get some help from here.I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 when it came available and had some previous versions of...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008R2 instance upgrade problem
Hello,Here is the thingI have 2 sql servers. each has ent instance with AG configured(servers in a cluster but instances are not) and several non clustered sql2008r2 instances.I need to patch those...
View ArticleUpgrading from SQL Server Enterprise Evaluation Edition to SQL Server...
I currently have SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Evaluation Edition installed on a VM and am done with the evaluation. I now want to upgrade to SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition (Core Based) License. Does...
View ArticleSQL 2016 Upgrade Advisor Install error
I am trying to install the SQL 2016 Upgrade Advisor on a Windows 2008 64 bit EE server with SP2 (Build 6002). (not 2008R2)The server has one instance of SQL 2008R2 Std Edition with SP3 (Build...
View ArticleCannot install database engine services, sql server replication and sql...
Hi, I try to install SQL Server 2012 Express but I have this error (I try to uninstall and delete register key, try to change account for database engine to NT Authority\System, but reinstall still not...
View ArticleUnable to login to SQL Server using SSMS and SQL agent failing
I have SQL server 2008 R2 Ent insalled on Windows server 2008 R2 Ent. I am unable to login to SQL server locally after the installation. Getting below error: Connection handshake failed. An OS call...
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SQL Management Studio 2014 - Installation failure with Exit code (Decimal) :...
I am attempting to perform an unattended installation of SQL Management Studio 2014 on aWindows 7 SP1 x64 operating system. I am using the extracted installation media to achieve this and using...
View ArticleSQL 2016 Upgrade Advisor Runtime Error
I have two databases that the Upgrade Advisor cannot analyze. However it does not give me much assistance finding the source of the errors. (Which I am sure is in my code)For...
View ArticleSQL express 2008 fast install
Hi all,We use SQL Express 2008 on our end devices (tills), we currently use images that has our software already installed but we would like to move to an install package rather than deploying...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Express installation problem
Hi!I'm tryin to install this on Win 7 64bit. the issue is that after checking for an update for installation files i go ahead and installation just hangs. there is no error message or some, it just...
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