I thought that might be it but I would have to reset the PW if that policy was applying in this case and not be able to use the same...

Thanks for the thoughts. Our servers no longer automatically install updates. I've seen it now twice on our new 2012r2 sql server - I had posted...

There was a TrackIT DB added but that shouldn't have affected anything. I was able to get the sql.service started by updating the PW in 'services', which added the...

I don't think that's it, our older prod instance appears to be configured the same way. I've tried logging in as domain admin and local admin.

"Error: 1068, the service did not start due to a login failure"

"This service account does not have the required user right "Log on as a service."

When I go in to...

"Error: 1068. The dependency service or group failed to start"

I found this in the error log from when this issue first started:

2015-07-02 00:00:31.01 spid15s ...

Unfortunately, that didn't show me anything I could work with. I can't see the password. I have a domain account running services. I reset the PW on...

Thanks Jeremy, I was able to accomplish this by doing a restore from a test backup to the prod db and changing the destination file names to reflect the...

I know this is an old post but I'm searching for clarification of this. I'm configuring access for a vendor to maintain their own DB. This...

Just an update, got this working fine. Thanks!

Thanks Lowell, I'm working through removing and creating accounts, etc, now.