GoldMine Named Pipes Provider Error
In an environment running GoldMine on client PCs and SQL on a separate server, I recently started getting this error when starting GoldMine: “Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a …
WID Service Master Key Could Not Be Force Regenerated
Started getting this error on Server 2012 R2, after installing the Remote Desktop Gateway service (part of Windows Server Essentials). I believe this is the first app to use the …
Determine SQL 2014 Version
Milestone XProtect Essentials+ 2017 R3 installed a version of SQL 2014. SQL Management Studio is not installed. I need to download the SQL Express installer so I can do a …
SqlServerWriter VSS 8229 error 0x800423f4
I recently installed XProtect Essential+ 2017 R3 on a Windows 7 x64 Pro machine. XProtect installed SQL 2014. The machine is backed up daily by a Server 2012 R2 Essentials …
WordPress Update Shrunk SQL DB
I do a daily backup of my WordPress SQL database and was concerned when, after a recent auto-update to WordPress 4.7.5, the size of my SQL backup file shrank from …
Fix SQL Database SIDs After Moving Database
After moving my GoldMine databases to a new SQL server, I was getting thousands of these events in the Application event log as well as in the SQL ERRORLOG:
Moving a GoldMine Database to a New SQL Server
Today I moved my GoldMine databases from a SQL 2012 Express instance on one server to a SQL 2016 Standard instance on another server. I wanted to jot down a …
Install SQL 2016 with Data on a Separate Drive
I’m setting up SQL 2016 Standard for low-volume use. All I want is to put the programs on the C: drive and all data (including error logs, system and user …
Database Server Backup to Hybrid Onsite/Cloud FAIL
This is a very instructive nightmare:
Test and Fix SQL Connectivity
After server and workstation reboots, a database application that I use every day would not start. It displayed this message: SQL Server does not exist or access denied