[dba-SQLServer] SQLEXPRESS: SQL Server evaluation period has expired

Gustav Brock Gustav at cactus.dk
Sun Aug 16 14:33:06 CDT 2009


Hi all

My local SQL Server 2008 Express would not start - gave the above message in the event log which doesn't make sense.
This thread describes the issue:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlexpress/thread/2e6c26df-2155-406f-9388-9b5cdbf97e73

The solution for me was to uninstall it and then reinstall the latest version with SP1.

/gustav





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