SQL Server 2000General discussion of Microsoft SQL Server -- for topics that don't fit in one of the more specific SQL Server forums. version 2000 only. There's a new forum for SQL Server 2005.
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Not sure about the Desktop version, but you can have the SQL "service" run at startup or by manually starting it. Maybe that is what it is referring to. Enterprise Mgr is kind of like a "front end" and the "back end" needs to be running before it "sees" it.
Message: SQL Server is not known to be running
