Been playing around with so many things that I have no idea what I have changed BUT I can now create and register new data bases.  Now to see how...

Yes, I have been trying to use the image attachment in here for small gifs (9-10k)...  here is a URL where I uploaded the last 3 screenshots.

http://www.moosepucky.com/sql_issues/

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local instance is running but other attempts to created additional local databases fail.

If I remove the password requirement it starts. Will see if I can add local databases....

can't seem to manually start it.

No problem-o with the condescending.  I feel that it has to be something simple/basic.

I selected "server and client tools" during the install dialog.  I find the database files and sqlserveragent...

un-installed re-installed, same issue, same error messages.

yes.  I can add others but they do not connect (error 1069 and sql server does not exist error).