"Albert" <albert@saabconsulting.com> wrote in message news:45ec5a88.0403211428.40fff4ef@posting.google.com...
> Hello all
>
> I got a good one for all of you SQL server masters.
>
> After installing SQL Server 2000 Developer version on laptop, runing
> Win XP, it ran fine for a few days.
>
> Suddenly, one day I boot and the SQL Service Manager, when double
> clicked on shows NOTHING in the Server field nor in the Services
> field. Usually it would showing something like this:
>
> Server : Machine_name\Server_name
> Services: SQL Server
>
> I even clicked the pull down menu for both and they are both BLANK.
>
> I went to Windows services and checked to see if the SQL server
> service was running, and it was. So, my SQL server service is set to
> Automatic and it is runing when I boot, but for some reason the
> service Manager can not see anything, or there is something preventing
> it from listing the instances.
>
> If enter the machine name and server name manually into the Server
> field and refresh, the icone turns green and it recognizes that there
> is a server running.
>
> I do not want to do this manually every time.
>
> Any idea of what the service manager is coming up blank after each
> boot?????
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks

albert@saabconsulting.com (Albert) wrote in message news:<45ec5a88.0403211428.40fff4ef@posting.google.com>...
> Hello all
>
> I got a good one for all of you SQL server masters.
>
> After installing SQL Server 2000 Developer version on laptop, runing
> Win XP, it ran fine for a few days.
>
> Suddenly, one day I boot and the SQL Service Manager, when double
> clicked on shows NOTHING in the Server field nor in the Services
> field. Usually it would showing something like this:
>
> Server : Machine_name\Server_name
> Services: SQL Server
>
> I even clicked the pull down menu for both and they are both BLANK.
>
> I went to Windows services and checked to see if the SQL server
> service was running, and it was. So, my SQL server service is set to
> Automatic and it is runing when I boot, but for some reason the
> service Manager can not see anything, or there is something preventing
> it from listing the instances.
>
> If enter the machine name and server name manually into the Server
> field and refresh, the icone turns green and it recognizes that there
> is a server running.
>
> I do not want to do this manually every time.
>
> Any idea of what the service manager is coming up blank after each
> boot?????
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks