I have the MSSQL SERVER 2000 installed by 'Administrator' user and is managed by the same user. I tried changing the properties in services.msc from 'Local system' to 'hostname\Administrator'. but still did not work.
Whenever I try to start the MSSQLSERVER service, error.log is updated with the following entry:
"2011-06-03 13:08:37.19 server SQL Server evaluation period has expired."
Is this the genuine cause for the MSSQLSERVER service not getting started??