Run DBCC SQLPERF(LOGSPACE) It will show you how much of you log is actually free space. It's likely that most of it is unused so the backup size will be...

Take a log backup as soon as you can then schedule regular log backups. Or if log backups aren't needed put the database in simple recovery.

You should also...

First of all what size is the ldf file and also the mdf file?
What recovery model is your database using? If it's full, how often are you backing your...

I believe SQL Server Driver is an older version of the driver. As you are able to connect using using the Native Client can you just continue to use it?

What error messages are you getting when you try to connect?

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The log will have grown to 9gb for a reason, maybe a large transaction running or possibly it was in full recovery but the log backups were not being taken....

Are your statistics up to date? Also I'm assuming that no-one was playing around with the indexes.

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Is there any reason you're not able to use the other solutions that have been posted? They are pretty simple to implement.

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You are right, standard and developer editions would not behave differently to each other.
What errors were returned on Developer?

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Not as far as I'm aware unless you have auditing on your database to pickup such changes.

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In Management Studio right click on your database then Tasks --> Generate Scripts. Post back if you have any problems.

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