I have removed the "questionhacker" thread and account. It might not stop him from coming back, but I also sent an email, so we'll see.

However, in reading the thread,...

This is why...

Changing the instance name works fine, as the last two posters have noted, but this thread was about changing the "Company Name" on the installation. That I am not sure...

The startup options are set in the services applet for the service

The settings are here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190737.aspx

My question would be why do you care about the company name in the documentation? It's not tied to a license, and no one would see it. SSMS != SQL...

DBCC CHECKDB - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms176064%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

As Gail mentioned, this doesn't cause errors.

Disabling it, even if allowed, doesn't make sense. Why would you not want to know about potential problems in the database?

credit them with the creative avatar of your choice.

For example, maybe this one for Grant:

He likes skirts.

Or maybe this one for Jason, given his tenure in Las Vegas:

GilaMonster (2/2/2011)

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Jason, Gus, Brandie, Wayne and Stefan. How do you want to be credited in tran log article? Blog link? twitter handle? Both? Neither? something else?

Please let me know by...

Brandie Tarvin (2/2/2011)

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How did you half-management / half-DBA types deal with the overload of DBA tasks?

I.E., say there's too much workload for the DBA team to handle in...

TJay Belt has the Galaxy and likes it. I played with it at Best Buy, and it works well. Missing some of...

Not "Begin", "Begin Transaction" isn't needed.

why did you begin a transaction in you second try? you're already within a transaction.

ALZDBA (2/2/2011)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/1/2011)

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Well, had a nice adventure today. Water cut off mid-morning, took my daughter to the doctor so they could diagnose flu, and while thawing...

Tom Brown (2/2/2011)

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Bad luck. I thought you americans are supposed to be good at designing for and handling bad winters. Its us Brits who get surprised by...

WayneS (2/1/2011)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/1/2011)

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Well, had a nice adventure today. Water cut off mid-morning, took my daughter to the doctor so they could diagnose flu, and while thawing...