RESOLVED
I had backed up my computer to an external WD My Passport Ultra on Jan 27.
I renamed C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server
I renamed C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
Then I copied these folders from the backup on the external WD drive.
SQL Server now works.
What a relief.
- Please Help,
There is no option to change the connection protocol but all 3 are active: TCPIP, NamedPipes, SharedMemory
There is no option to change the Windows Authentication account,
but it is the same as the login that started the SQL Server service.
Logging in with SQL Server Authentication also does not work.
Below are the screen prints for the Configuration Manger and SQL Server Management Studio.
Thank you,
Robert Lorbeer
rlorbeer@gmail.com
The SQL Server service is running...
When I try to connect using SQL Server Management Studio 2014 ...