What is "SQL server service manager"?

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Hello,

I just noticed that there now appears a new icon on my laptop pointing to
something called "SQL server service manager" and I don't know where it came
from. I am somewhat new to computers. Any idea as to what this thing is and
how is it used?

Thank you for your help.
 
Hello,

I just noticed that there now appears a new icon on my laptop pointing to
something called "SQL server service manager" and I don't know where it came
from. I am somewhat new to computers. Any idea as to what this thing is and
how is it used?

Thank you for your help.
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It is often installed with Business Contact Manager as part of MS Office
Professional or a high end install of MS Outlook.

SQL is a database, the Service Manager enables you to stop.stop the
service.

Did you just install MS Office?

Some other applications install a desktop version of SQL and they may or
may not include SQL Manager.
 
It is probably the result of installing a program that uses MS SQL Server
Desktop Engine to store data. Have you installed any new programs lately?
Louis
 
I do have the OUTLOOK with Business Contact Manager. So, somewhere along the
line, it must've been initiated by this particular module. Now, please
forgive my ignorance, but what is a service? Is service the same as an
application? If so, starting a service would simply mean starting an
application? Or, am I totally wrong and lost? An example would help me to
understand the concept of a service.

Thank you once again.
 
I do have the OUTLOOK with Business Contact Manager. So, somewhere along the
line, it must've been initiated by this particular module. Now, please
forgive my ignorance, but what is a service? Is service the same as an
application? If so, starting a service would simply mean starting an
application? Or, am I totally wrong and lost? An example would help me to
understand the concept of a service.

Thank you once again.
 
I do have the OUTLOOK with Business Contact Manager. So, somewhere along the
line, it must've been initiated by this particular module. Now, please
forgive my ignorance, but what is a service? Is service the same as an
application? If so, starting a service would simply mean starting an
application? Or, am I totally wrong and lost? An example would help me to
understand the concept of a service.

Thank you once again.
 
Most of the time, there might be some type of application installed on your PC
that requires a database. Several software developers have come to rely on a
free database solution provided by Microsoft.

MSDE -- Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine -- free database that might be used by
some type of utility that requires a database

This also, usually, permits them to develop their application to work with
Microsoft "full-blown" SQL Server 2005 system.
 
I do have the OUTLOOK with Business Contact Manager. So, somewhere along the
line, it must've been initiated by this particular module. Now, please
forgive my ignorance, but what is a service? Is service the same as an
application? If so, starting a service would simply mean starting an
application? Or, am I totally wrong and lost? An example would help me to
understand the concept of a service.

Thank you once again.
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Here is a link to the Outlook with BCM from Microsoft, it's a starting
point that explains about Outlook with BCM:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/contactmanager/prodinfo/

SQL runs as a service, meaning you don't run it as an application, it
runs in the background without you doing anything. The Manager is an
application, it runs in front where you can see it.

If you don't use BCM, as it installs a version of MS SQL, it's best to
uninstall that feature, SQL on a unsecured machine can be a serious
security threat.
 
I do have the OUTLOOK with Business Contact Manager. So, somewhere along
the
line, it must've been initiated by this particular module. Now, please
forgive my ignorance, but what is a service? Is service the same as an
application? If so, starting a service would simply mean starting an
application? Or, am I totally wrong and lost? An example would help me to
understand the concept of a service.

Thank you once again.
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Don't use the web interface to access this newsgroup. It's lousy and has a
bug which puts up a false error that your post didn't go through, hence you
resubmitted three times, but each one did go through. I recommend you use a
newsreader to access newsgroups. XP comes with one, outlook express. You
can access newsgroups through outlook which actually uses outlook express
for the newsgroup part. Here is a link for how to set up OE for newsgroup
access.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
 
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