Versions Compared

Old Version 5

changes.mady.by.user Alger Alama

Saved on

compared with

New Version 6

changes.mady.by.user Anthony Turriciano

Saved on

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Table of Contents

...

If you are using Windows 10, SQL Server Configuration Manager may not be listed in the Start menu. In this case go to Start → Run and run one of the following commands:

  • "SQLServerManager12.msc" (SQL Server 2014)
  • "SQLServerManager11.msc" (SQL Server 2012)
  • "SQLServerManager10.msc" (SQL Server 2008)

it is also found in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\  labelled SQLServerManager11.msc

Step 2: Putting SQL Server in single-user mode

In the "SQL Server Services" node, stop all SQL Server services. Make a note of which ones were started, you will need to restart them in step 4.

Find the SQL Server service named "SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)". The instance name might be something other than "SQLEXPRESS", but the name should just be "SQL Server". Right-click and click Properties.

Image Modified


Under the Startup Parameters tab, add a new parameter "-m" (this is a hyphen and a lowercase m, with no whitespace).

Save these settings and restart ONLY the "SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)" service.

...

Restart SQL Server and continue with step 4.