SQL Service not starting after Windows Upgrade

  • Hi Experts,

    SQL Server is not starting after windows upgrade.

    Before upgrade OS: 2008 standard edition

    After upgrade OS : 2008 enterprise edition.

    SQL edition: 2005 standard edition

  • When you look into the windows event viewer, what error message are you getting?

    Ben

    ^ Thats me!

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    01010111011010000110000101110100 01100001 0110001101101111011011010111000001101100011001010111010001100101 01110100011010010110110101100101 011101110110000101110011011101000110010101110010
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  • https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/backup-and-recovery/the-sql-server-instance-that-will-not-start/

    What are the relevant errors you're seeing?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • Hi,

    Please check in , services.msc , for specific SQL server service, add the username and password and start.

    It worked for me.

  • Thanks everyone for the response.

    They reinstalled Visual C++ and everything working fine now,i dont know how that happened!!!!

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