MSDE - Unknown Server

Hello,
I installed software called AutoAPP on a users desktop and this software
automatically installs MSDE (No idea what version). When run under the
administrator account everything is fine. When the user logs on under their
account (power user) SQL Icon is on the task bar, but it is blank \\ -
Unknown Server. I have to manually type in the laptop name in the server
field of the SQL Server Service Manager and then the arrow will go green.
Does anyone know why under Administrator account the server name is there,
but not under the users profile? It is annoying having to type in the
computer each time the computer reboots, giving the user Administrative
access to their computer is not really an option. Once the computer name is
entered under the user account everything seems to function normally.
Laptop is running Windows XP Pro SP1
Thank You.
hi John,
"John J. Rambone" <lgm_rambone@.remove.hotmail.com> ha scritto nel
messaggio news:uANQsnFuEHA.1472@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
> Hello,
> I installed software called AutoAPP on a users desktop and this
> software automatically installs MSDE (No idea what version). When
> run under the administrator account everything is fine. When the
> user logs on under their account (power user) SQL Icon is on the task
> bar, but it is blank \\ - Unknown Server. I have to manually type in
> the laptop name in the server field of the SQL Server Service Manager
> and then the arrow will go green. Does anyone know why under
> Administrator account the server name is there, but not under the
> users profile? It is annoying having to type in the computer each
> time the computer reboots, giving the user Administrative access to
> their computer is not really an option. Once the computer name is
> entered under the user account everything seems to function normally.
> Laptop is running Windows XP Pro SP1
is the Service Manager only that does not enlist the local server, or is the
MSDE service itself that is not running when logging as a power user?
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.9.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.55.1
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||> is the Service Manager only that does not enlist the local server, or is
> the
> MSDE service itself that is not running when logging as a power user?
I uninstalled everything, but once I reinstall I will check under the
Services and Applications -> Services to make sure it is running. I'm
almost positive it is running and the Service manager does load on boot up,
but the circle will not have the green arrow. If I open the Service Manager
the drop down for the Server field will be empty. I type in the name of the
local comptuer i.e. laptop1 and it arrow goes green and the application can
access the database. It is just annoying to have to type in the computer
name each time. I will very 100% for sure if the service is running in the
next day or so, once I get a chance to work on the users laptop again.
Thanks You.
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
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> hi John,
> "John J. Rambone" <lgm_rambone@.remove.hotmail.com> ha scritto nel
> messaggio news:uANQsnFuEHA.1472@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
>

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> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.9.1 - DbaMgr ver 0.55.1
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>