Introduction In a previous article article, I wrote about how to find out where the SQL Server error log is located. That particular article was in case your server instance did not start and you needed more information. If your SQL Server instance is working, there is another way to find the location of the …
Having attempted to start an old test instance from SQL Server Configuration Manager, I received the wonderful error “The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion. Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details” More helpful than some message you can get – at least it tells …
Notes on SQL 