df (df@df.com) writes:
> I have fixed the problem. I suspect that when I installed service packs,
> it created the second instance, since I did not do it explicitly. I shut
> it down, and registered the original one.

I don't know which of the instances was the unexpected one, but it
could be an MSDE instance that slipped in with some 3rd party software.
DELLSRV hints a certain vendor.


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