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Sorry this is happening on my Windows 2003 SBS Premium Box not the Windows 2008 box.
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Sorry this is happening on my Windows 2003 SBS Premium Box not the Windows 2008 box.

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It appears we can't connect to the Sharepoint database. How can I reset the password?.<br />

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It appears we can't connect to the Sharepoint database. How can I reset the password?.


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What are you using to try and connect to it?<br />
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Use SQL Server Studio, connect to the Instance with an admin account, you will then see your databases, see if that one is showing online.
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What are you using to try and connect to it?

Use SQL Server Studio, connect to the Instance with an admin account, you will then see your databases, see if that one is showing online.

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I'm using the SQL Management Studio.
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My SQLAGENT$SHAREPOINT service won't start and the Event log is full of the message:<br />
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Event Type: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Error<br />
Event Source: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Windows SharePoint Services 2.0<br />
Event Category: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None<br />
Event ID: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1000<br />
Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10/7/2011<br />
Time: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9:23:19 AM<br />
User: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;N/A<br />
Computer: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CORSAIR<br />
Description:<br />
#50070: Unable to connect to the database STS_Config on CORSAIR\SharePoint.<br />
&nbsp; Check the database connection information and make sure that the database server is running.<br />
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&nbsp; For more information, see Help and Support Center at <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp" rel="ugc">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp</a>.<br />
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Any idea what is going on?
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My SQLAGENT$SHAREPOINT service won't start and the Event log is full of the message:

Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	1000
Date:		10/7/2011
Time:		9:23:19 AM
User:		N/A
Computer:	CORSAIR
Description:
#50070: Unable to connect to the database STS_Config on CORSAIR\SharePoint.
  Check the database connection information and make sure that the database server is running.


  For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Any idea what is going on?

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