When upgrading/migrating from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 R2
I am planning to upgrading/migrating a database from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 R2.The database does not have Full Text Search. Recovery model is set to FULL.I am planning to make a full backup on the old...
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I am trying to install SQL Server 2012 Developer edition and I get the error at the bottom.My system: 64 bit Windows 7Things I have done: I have downloaded a different ISO from the MSDN site twice and...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 installation issues
Hi,The other day I installed SQL Server Express 2012 as a new instance (I already have an Express 2008r2 instance, which continues to work), using SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe from MS site. This seemed to...
View ArticleNeed to download SQL server 2008 Developer Edition
Hi All,Request you to please help me search the download link for SQL server 2008 Developer edition setup file.Thanking You,Shaikh Zuber
View ArticleError when running setup to UNinstall an instance on server with 50 instances
This is a repost of this in technet forums, which are maybe more appropriate for this question.I suspect this is an issue because we hit the 50 instance max limit of SQL Server. At the limit it won't...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 express setup error - Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack...
I have successfully install SQL Server 2012 before and then uninstall it when I was having issues with a user account.For the past few days, I have been having this error during installation. The error...
View ArticleERROR 5120
I tried attach/detach approach to migrate sql server 2000 databases to sql 2005. I installed a fresh copy of sql server 2005 on windows 2003 server. I could move most of my databases except one. While...
View ArticleSQl Server 2008 R2 standard to enterprise edition upgrade
hi,I have got a question about the SQL edition upgrade. I want to upgrade a SQL server 2008 R2 from standard edition to enterprise edition. I have never done this before but from what i have read it...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 SP1 Installation
Hello MSDN,I have a MS Server 2012 R2 machine to which I would like to add SQL Server 2012 SP1. I do not know much about SQL Server 2012 and have some questions. What happens to the MS Server 2012 R2...
View ArticleKB2463332 Fails to install
This update repeatedly fails to install on my Windows Vista computer. Isn't there a patch by now that resolves the registry problem to get this to install successfully? I am unfamiliar with going into...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 express istallation failing to install "Database Engine...
I ran SQL Server 2012 express setup as user with administrator privileges and still it's failing to install "Database Engine Service" and "SQL Server Replication". Any and every ideas on how to resolve...
View ArticleDoes SQL Server (2003, 2008, 2012) support TLS 1.2? Is so, how to configure it?
Does SQL Server (2003, 2008, 2012) support TLS 1.2? Is so, how to configure it?I have installed SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows 2008 R2 machine, and following instruction to set TLS 1.2 for IIS, while...
View ArticleIs SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM EOL?
Hi,I checked on http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=SQL+Server+2008+R2&Filter=FilterNOBut, it is unclear if SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM is EOL. Is it really RTM?...
View ArticleDatabase Server Requirement - SharePoint 2013
Hi All - We have SharePoint 2010 and we are planning to upgrade to 2013. We have Windows Server 2008 Enterprise R2 with SP 1.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx#section4 Suggest to...
View ArticleDatabase Engine Services disappeared after Windows 8.1 upgrade
Hi, After updating my copy of Windows from 8 to 8.1, I noticed that I could no longer connect to my database. The first thing I tried was to repair the installation with the SQL Server 2012 DVD but...
View ArticleFail to install SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 running on VMWare
Fail to install SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 running on VMWare, error message:"External component has thrown an exception"
View ArticleFailed to Open the explicitly specified database
HelloI have had a look at similar posts on here for this issue but none of them have helped so I thought I'd post a new question.I constantly see the following error for every SharePoint Database in...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 On Windows 7 Embedded
Hi AllI am having a bit of difficulty with installing SQL Server Standard 2012 on Windows 7 Embedded.I seem to be able to install SQL Server 2008R2 Standard without any issues(I have looked at the OS...
View ArticleSQL 2012 - SQL Server Setup failure: Unknown property.
Hi,For a while now i am trying to install SQL Server 2012 on Windows 8.1. During the installation i get the following error message: TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure. ------------------------------ SQL...
View ArticleSQL Server Upgrade Advisor 2008 R2 error
I am running 64 bit upgrade advisor on a Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit machine with SQL Server 2005 64-bit. When I get to the next screen after the sql server detection page it is supposed to return...
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