only the master database and the error log location are held in the registry along with default data and log and backup paths. Tempdb location is taken from the master...

no, i put "" around the url which is ok for Safari but IE doesnt like it :crazy:

should be now

Windows 2008 clusters no longer use a domain account it runs as local system.

See the following KB from Microsoft for further info

Yes, pretty much or alternatively

As i said if you have SQL Server 2008 central management server...

my apologies i have fixed the link now

M.Kahn (4/3/2011)

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I have a group in AD that logins to windows and what i want to do is, the same AD group to access also SQL Server using the AD...

How many filegroups\files do you currently have in use for this database?

Toothpicker (4/3/2011)

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I have the same issue. Anyone who found the efficient way...

The following will get you login names, SIDs and hashed passwords

select name, sid, password_hash from sys.sql_logins

check the sql server log again carefully, if the backup command failed it will be in there!

if all the instances are registered under a SQL Server 2008 central management instance use the following query to add the group and assign sysadmin privileges

CREATE LOGIN [domain\group] FROM WINDOWS

EXEC...

the virtual network name already exists, ping it and see if it replies.

If it doesn't and to proceed and use this network name, delete the computer account from AD and...

Group or application it amounts to the same thing. Either way I would do what I posted above 😉

for XP Home, boot into safe mode to set share\folder permissions via the share and security tabs and then reboot normally

are you attempting to add a node to an existing clustered instance of sql server?