• You obviously running SQL Server on a cluster.

    In that case the service account used to start the windows clustering service must have access to SQL Server. Usually after you installed SQL Server on a cluster this account has access through the Built-in|adminitrators group. When you remove this group you need to add the accountas a new Login in SQL Server.

    Start the server in single user mode with minimal configuration and add a new login for the clustering service.

    From a command prompt run:

    sqlservr.exe -m -f

    If it is a named instance you also have to add the -s paramater wih the instance name.

    Hope this helps

    [font="Verdana"]Markus Bohse[/font]