"Brett I. Holcomb" <Brett@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Are you talking about the SQL agent/service that runs or the program
> itself?
> If it's the service set it to manual. If it's the program SQL 2005 it
> would probably be in the startup programs.
> Vayse wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I have SQL 2005 installed on my laptop, just for development work. I only
>> want SQL to manually start - how do I do this?
>> At the moment, I'm going into SQL Server Management Studio, connecting
>> and
>> then stopping the service.
>> Thanks
>> Vayse
>

"Rick Byham [MS]" <rickbyh@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> See Books Online topic: How to: Prevent Automatic Startup of an Instance
> of SQL Server (SQL Server Configuration Manager)
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188704.aspx
> --
> Rick Byham
> MCDBA, MCSE, MCSA
> Documentation Manager,
> Microsoft, SQL Server Books Online
> This posting is provided "as is" with
> no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Brett I. Holcomb" <Brett@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:OwfA87QTGHA.5104@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Are you talking about the SQL agent/service that runs or the program
>> itself?
>> If it's the service set it to manual. If it's the program SQL 2005 it
>> would probably be in the startup programs.
>> Vayse wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I have SQL 2005 installed on my laptop, just for development work. I
>>> only
>>> want SQL to manually start - how do I do this?
>>> At the moment, I'm going into SQL Server Management Studio, connecting
>>> and
>>> then stopping the service.
>>> Thanks
>>> Vayse
>>
>
>