Installation Question - Service account

Hi All,

We are upgrading from Sql Server Express to SQl Server 2005. As part of the installation process, it is not asking us to specify a service account for various services, and we are not sure what to specify. (This was handled automatically with Express). Any ideas?

Thanks.

Claude.

Hi All,

There was a typo in my original post, it should have read:

We are upgrading from Sql Server Express to SQl Server 2005. As part of the installation process, it is NOW asking us to specify a service account for various services, and we are not sure what to specify. (This was handled automatically with Express). Any ideas?

Thanks.

Claude.

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Hi Claude,

This service account specifies under what account is this SQL Server instance running.

If your instance might be querying some domain resource, you can specify a domain account. Or you can just select the System Account.

HTH. If this does not answer you question, please feel free to mark it as Not Answered and post your reply. Thanks!