John,

this could be anything and it's pretty hard to tell without the exact error from the logfile. Your maintenace plan should make logfiles which you can find in the MSSQL\Log...

That's not much to go with. Are there any errors in SQL Errorlog or eventviewer ?

Markus 

The only two issues I'm aware of are the fact that you can't edit DTS packages unless you download the editor which is included in the 2005 feature pack and...

Hmm,

I actually like the fact that it opens in it's own window. Gives me the possibility to leave it open while doing other tasks in SSMS.

Markus

Hans,

while I can agree wwith you on the point that not all of the changes made in SQL 2005 are a real improvement, I must say the the job management...

In a clustered environment, where you can create multiple virtual nodes each with a different IP_address this is possible. Otherwise both instances have the same IP address but a different port.

Maybe...

I'm not sure what is your problem, but I can confirm that Database mail works on x64 clustered environment.

To check everything you can do the following:

1. run sp_configure to see...

Angela,

you can find more info about the SSIS  problem here:http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2006/04/26/3870.aspx

and here http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2006/04/26/3877.aspx

but if you use the updated SP1 from the link David supplied you should be Ok.

Markus

I can't say that I've experienced this problem, but has any of you tried DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS OR DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE ?

Markus

Michelle,

I don't think you can change it from the GUI. What I always do is editing the setup.ini before starting the setup.

Markus

Steve,

In SSMS open options under the tools menu. Under Environment>General check if the option "Hide system objects" is selected.

Markus

Markus,

the Taskpad view no loneger exists, but you can get the same information and more in SSMS. On the summary page select the Report tab on the top.

MarkusB

Which version of SQL Server are you using ? Are your updates in the same database or in different databases. In the first case it could be that the first...

Matt,

the error you wrote about Operating system error 5: 5(Access Denied)

has nothing to do with being read-only. I actually doubt it very much that you can read from the...

Matt,

when do you get this error ? While attaching the database, then probably the path you supplied in the is not correct. Also make sure that the user executing...