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Re: Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008

From	Joe Cool <joecool1969@live.com>
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Subject	Re: Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008
Date	2011-06-12 15:15 -0700
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On Jun 12, 6:07 pm, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Joe Cool (joecool1...@live.com) writes:
> > Is there any way around this? Can you change the instance to a default
> > instance after installation?
>
> No, you cannot change the ID of an instance.
>
> I would guess that if you give the instance ID MSSQLSERVER that you get a
> default instance, but I have not tried it. Unattended install may also have
> some good options.
>

Unattended install?

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Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008 Joe Cool <joecool1969@live.com> - 2011-06-12 12:16 -0700
  Re: Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-06-13 00:07 +0200
    Re: Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008 Joe Cool <joecool1969@live.com> - 2011-06-12 15:15 -0700
      Re: Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008 Joe Cool <joecool1969@live.com> - 2011-06-12 16:06 -0700
  Re: Followup: Default Instance for SQLExpress 2008 Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell2@hp.com> - 2011-06-17 07:43 -0700

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