• That one's running fine.

    If you have another SQL instance that isn't running/won't start, find the error log from that instance (check the startup parameters in SQL config manager to see where it's error log can be found)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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