SQL Server Annoying popup upon boot

[Sam]

I have SQL Server Manager 8.00.2039 installed because I have one program
(app) installed that requires it be installed. For the first little
while when I had SQL server installed it would only show up in the
taskmanager tray, now MOST of the time, it shows up as a popup on my
desktop and also in my task tray when I first start XP (SP2). It stays
there until I close it. Is there a way to prevent the SQL from popping
up?

Thanks

[Erland Sommarskog]

Sam (un*****@unk.com) writes:

I have SQL Server Manager 8.00.2039 installed because I have one program
(app) installed that requires it be installed. For the first little
while when I had SQL server installed it would only show up in the
taskmanager tray, now MOST of the time, it shows up as a popup on my
desktop and also in my task tray when I first start XP (SP2). It stays
there until I close it. Is there a way to prevent the SQL from popping
up?

If you don't want it to be running at all, just remove it from the Startup
folder.

If you want to have it the task tray without showing on the desktop, I
don't have that many ideas, as my Server Manager never behaves that way.
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[Spaz]

Erland Sommarskog wrote:
: Sam (un*****@unk.com) writes:
:: I have SQL Server Manager 8.00.2039 installed because I have one
:: program (app) installed that requires it be installed. For the
:: first little while when I had SQL server installed it would only
:: show up in the taskmanager tray, now MOST of the time, it shows up
:: as a popup on my desktop and also in my task tray when I first start
:: XP (SP2). It stays there until I close it. Is there a way to
:: prevent the SQL from popping up?
:
: If you don't want it to be running at all, just remove it from the
: Startup folder.
:
: If you want to have it the task tray without showing on the desktop, I
: don't have that many ideas, as my Server Manager never behaves that
: way.

Thanks for the reply. Actually, I do want it running (on an as needed
basis). I use it to run a smart card reader and the data on the smart
card. I have 3 parts of the program in the startup folder:

MS SQL Manager
Service Manager
and an the Smart Card Reader Program with an unusual path: "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\scm.exe" -Action 1 -Silent
1 -Service ASUS\ENCOREPRO with target "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\80\Tools\binn"

I have reformatted my hard drive several times and sooner or later this
issue resurfaces.

Sam

[Erland Sommarskog]

Spaz (no**@none.com) writes:

Thanks for the reply. Actually, I do want it running (on an as needed
basis). I use it to run a smart card reader and the data on the smart
card. I have 3 parts of the program in the startup folder:

MS SQL Manager
Service Manager

This sounds like one too many to me. What paths do they have? And do they
have any command-line options?

On my machine, the commandline for Service Manager is:

"E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\sqlmangr.exe" /n

I tested to run this from a command-line window. Without /n the application
would appear as a window. With /n it only showed in the tray, which is
the way I normally want it.

and an the Smart Card Reader Program with an unusual path: "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\scm.exe" -Action 1 -Silent
1 -Service ASUS\ENCOREPRO with target "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\80\Tools\binn"

The scm application is "Service Control Manager", an application I did
not have any knowledge prior to reading your post. The purpose appears to
be to autostart the ASUS\ENCOREPRO service. A more normal way to do this
would be to configure the service as Automatic in Services under Computer
Management.

I have reformatted my hard drive several times and sooner or later this
issue resurfaces.

I hope you have had other reasons for reformatting than just getting
rid of the pop-up!

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
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