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naushi44
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Posted - 2010-09-12 : 22:43:33
I installed a sql server 2008 express and it worked fine the first time. Now I am trying to start it and I get this message.

'the request failed or service did not respond in a timely fashion. consult the event log'.

what am I doing wrong. I have all the protocol enabled. it is on my personal PC.

any help will br appreciated

naushi hussain

sks198117
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46 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-13 : 08:52:28
Can you please post the error message from event log?
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naushi44
Starting Member

12 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-13 : 11:04:45
application error

initerrlog: Could not open error log file ''. Operating system error = 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).

system error

The SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) service terminated with service-specific error 17058 (0x42A2).


naushi hussain
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sks198117
Starting Member

46 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-13 : 11:26:01
Can you please try once changing service account to local system account?
Hope this should work for you..

Below are the link where u can find more options

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqldatabaseengine/thread/6b5b82e5-1346-4d59-86b0-7eaac7b930a7

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shankbond
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Posted - 2013-04-11 : 05:32:17
thanks it really helped
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