Isn't that WayneS's avatar?

The logs are pretty good about informing you what is wrong. Address the issue, and post back if you don't understand.

Here is the hardware requirement for 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms143506%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

I'd send them a business card. $100/hr, be happy to work over RDP and install SQL for you.

Have you checked the default trace for what might have been executing and correlating that with the code that used a lot of resources?

I think so. I'll try to go over there and comment on a few things. Feeling slightly over committed right now.

Thanks, Travis. I'll update the editorial with a link.

Excellent article and I noticed this on your blog recently and was concerned.

It seems like this is a bug since essentially the securityadmin role now has no real meaning. You...

That reminds me of this tweet I saw on the SQLServerCentrl account: @SQLServerCentrl if a WHERE clause was unconditional, then...

Yikes, though I've been in a similar boat, working months on end, well over 70hours a week and even sleeping in my office some nights.

I wouldn't do it...

I can't speak for this one, but it's similar to the pre-conference training that is offered before the PASS Summit conference and most people see value there.

Andy has written...

Added a bit to the explanation, as per Happycat59

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Noooooooo, not partial posts. There can be enough nonsense in this thread already.

What I would suggest is that you setup a role with access, then have a script that removes access for everyone else and adds the user to this new role.

Have...

Good for you Trey. Nice to see some recruiters actually doing their job. I haven't had great luck with them, but they are handy to find openings and do some...